Stadiochilus burmanicus

Stadiochilus burmanicus R.M.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 15 (1980);
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Myanmar as per POWO;
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Identification of Zingiberaceae genus : 1 image.
kindly help in the identification of the Zingiberaceae genus collected from Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Looks like something new !

Rhynchanthus sp.

I was also guessing the same genus but could not find any match since only one sp.,

Rhynchanthus longiflorus Hook.f. has got distribution in India but does not look like a match.

Only 4 sp. given in POWO, CoL and one more sp. Rhynchanthus wiesemannianus Loes. & Schltr.

is given in GBIF and IPNI. Among them, only Rhynchanthus johnianus Schltr. has got a slight match, but not completely.

Thank you sir for digging in deeper into this. I did check as well and couldn’t find the match. Just as sabu sir said it could be a novel one. Additionally the species is an epiphyte with a healthy population.

It’s Stadiochilus. Probably identical with Burmese S. burmanicus.

Looks like an exact match:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357184983_Stadiochilus_R_M_Sm_Zingiberaceae_Zingibereae_a_new_generic_record_for_India

It’s an exact match.. we were thinking of Rhynchanthus but it’s indeed stadiochilus. Thank you sir

Yes, this has already been reported in India from Nagaland in 2021 as per
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357184983_Stadiochilus_R_M_Sm_Zingiberaceae_Zingibereae_a_new_generic_record_for_India

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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357184983_Stadiochilus_R_M_Sm_Zingiberaceae_Zingibereae_a_new_generic_record_for_India– December 2021,Turczaninowia 24(4):47-53– D. K. Roy, R. Lytan, D. L. Biate, N. Odyuo (Abstract: The monotypic ginger genus Stadiochilus R. M. Sm. with S. burmanicus R. M. Sm. earlier known from Myanmar is reported here as a new record for India from the state of Nagaland. A detailed taxonomic description along with photographic illustrations of S. burmanicus is given. For conservation purposes, the IUCN status of this species has been evaluated as Endangered. The present field study ascertained that extraction of timber and non-timber forest products, forest fires and shifting cultivation are the major threats to the species in the locality in Nagaland reported here.

Updated on August 7, 2025