Stachyphrynium placentarium

Stachyphrynium placentarium (Lour.) Clausager & Borchs., Kew Bull. 58: 672 (2003) (syn: Maranta parviflora (Roxb.) A.Dietr.; Maranta placentaria (Lour.) A.Dietr.Phrynium densiflorum Moritzi ; Phrynium densiflorum Blume ; Phrynium glabrum Ridl. ; Phrynium parviflorum Roxb. ; Phrynium placentarium (Lour.) Merr.Phrynium sinicum Miq. ; Phrynium tetranthum K.Schum. ; Phyllodes densiflora (Blume) Kuntze; Phyllodes placentaria Lour.);
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Nepal to S. China and W. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Requesting identification of phrynium sp from Arunachal Pradesh: 2 high res. images.
kindly assist in the identification of phrynium species observed from Arunachal Pradesh. 

Elevation- 431msl
Location- Itanagar wildlife Sanctuary
Attached here with are the photographs.

Phrynium pubinerve Blume !


yes … its Phrynium pubinerve


Stachyphrynium placentarium?


Do you have any other images of it?


Yes, appears close as per images at

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210725PKD1: Id pls collected from Khurda Odisha on July 2025: 5 high res. images.


Seeme to be Phrynium pubinerve Blume but I could not find the distribution for Odisha.


Stachyphrynium placentarium


 

 

 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  WFO  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China (Phrynium placentarium (Loureiro) Merrill)  FOC illustration  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Flora Online  India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia  Wikimedia Commons  picturethisai  Gingersofindia

Updated on July 31, 2025

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