Boesenbergia


Boesenbergia hamiltonii Mood, S.Dey & L.M.Prince (Assam to N. Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh as per POWO)

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Boesenbergia kingii Mood and L.M. Prince (NE. India to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO)

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Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze (W. & SW. Myanmar as per POWO)

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Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu (Indo-China: Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)


Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze (SW. India, Assam as per POWO)

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BSI Flora of India Checklist Volume 2 (Distribution):

NameDistribution
Boesenbergia alboluteaEndemic to India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra (Boesenbergia albolutens (Baker) Schltr. as per POWO)
Boesenbergia hamiltoniiAssam, Meghalaya
Boesenbergia kingiiAssam, Sikkim
Boesenbergia meghalayensisEndemic to India: Meghalaya
Boesenbergia parvulaMeghalaya (Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia: Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)
Boesenbergia pulcherrimaKarnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
Boesenbergia rotundaAndaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
Boesenbergia rubroluteaEndemic to India: Meghalaya
Boesenbergia siphonanthaAndaman & Nicobar Islands
Boesenbergia tiliifoliaEndemic to India: Kerala
Boesenbergia tillandsiodesAssam

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Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any:
Boesenbergia pulcherrima
Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia tiliifolia
Curcumorpha longiflora (syn. of Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze as per POWO)


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List of species of Boesenbergia from Gingers of India (with images):
Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Sanjappa (Boesenbergia albolutens (Baker) Schltr. as per POWO)
Bosenbergia hamiltonii
Bosenbergia kingii
Boesenbergia longiflora (W. & SW. Myanmar as per POWO)
Boesenbergia meghalayansis
Boesenbergia pandurata (syn. of Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. as per POWO)
Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 685. 1891
Boesenbergia siphonantha
Boesenbergia tiliaefolia (Baker) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 685. 1891


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Species with description & keys in Flora of China (Distribution):
Boesenbergia longiflora (Wallich) Kuntze (Forest floors in mountains; 1100–1900 m. C and SW Yunnan (Lufeng Xian, Menglian Dai-Lahu-Va Zu Zizhixian) [India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand])
Boesenbergia rotunda (Linnaeus) Mansfield (Dense forests; ca. 1000 m. S Yunnan (Xishuangbanna Dai Zu Zizhizhou) [India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka; cultivated throughout Indo-China])


 

Updated on December 24, 2024

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