Tapeinochilos Explained

Tapeinochilos is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1869.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is native to Queensland, Papuasia, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.^[4] Centered in Papua New Guinea, only three of the approximately 16 species occur outside of the country.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/661105#page/115/mode/1up Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1869. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 4: 101-102
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010068 Tropicos, Tapeinochilos Miq.
3. Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=267920 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Bryan, J.E., Shearman, P.L. (Eds.). 2015. The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014: Measuring change over the period 2002-2014. University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.