Hemiboea Explained

Hemiboea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.^[1]

Its native range is from Eastern Himalayas to Nansei-shoto (the Ryukyu Islands) and Vietnam. It is found in the regions of China, East Himalayas, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The genus name of Hemiboea is in honour of François Beau (1723–1804), a clergyman.^[2] It was first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.18: on table 1798 in 1888.

Species

According to Kew:

• Hemiboea albiflora
• Hemiboea angustifolia
• Hemiboea bicornuta
• Hemiboea cavaleriei
• Hemiboea crystallina
• Hemiboea fangii
• Hemiboea flaccida
• Hemiboea follicularis
• Hemiboea gamosepala
• Hemiboea glandulosa
• Hemiboea gracilis
• Hemiboea integra
• Hemiboea latisepala
• Hemiboea longgangensis
• Hemiboea longisepala
• Hemiboea longzhouensis
• Hemiboea lutea
• Hemiboea magnibracteata
• Hemiboea malipoensis
• Hemiboea mollifolia
• Hemiboea omeiensis
• Hemiboea ovalifolia
• Hemiboea parvibracteata
• Hemiboea parviflora
• Hemiboea pingbianensis
• Hemiboea pseudomagnibracteata
• Hemiboea pterocaulis
• Hemiboea purpurea
• Hemiboea purpureotincta
• Hemiboea roseoalba
• Hemiboea rubribracteata
• Hemiboea sinovietnamica
• Hemiboea strigosa
• Hemiboea subacaulis
• Hemiboea subcapitata
• Hemiboea suiyangensis
• Hemiboea thanhhoensis
• Hemiboea wangiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hemiboea C.B.Clarke Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.