Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.[1][2]

Globba
Globba marantina (type species) from Talakona forest, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Globbeae
Genus: Globba
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Synonyms[1]
  • Hura J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
  • Lampujang J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
  • Sphaerocarpos J.F.Gmel.
  • Manitia Giseke
  • Mantisia Sims
  • Ceratanthera Hornem.
  • Ceratanthera T.Lestib.
  • Colebrookia Donn ex T.Lestib.
  • Achilus Hemsl.

Species

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Globba racemosa
 
Globba winitii

Plants of the World Online includes:[1]

  1. Globba acehensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
  2. Globba adhaerens Gagnep. - Indochina
  3. Globba albiflora Ridl. - western Indochina, peninsular Malaysia
  4. Globba albobracteata N.E.Br. - Sumatra
  5. Globba amnicola M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
  6. Globba amplectens M.F.Newman - Thailand
  7. Globba andersonii C.B.Clarke ex Baker - eastern Himalayas
  8. Globba angcorensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
  9. Globba annamensis Gagnep. - Laos, Vietnam
  10. Globba aranyaniae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand to Laos
  11. Globba argyrocycnos Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  12. Globba arracanensis Kurz - northern Myanmar
  13. Globba atrosanguinea Teijsm. & Binn. - Sumatra, Borneo
  14. Globba aurantiaca Miq. - Sumatra
  15. Globba aurea Elmer - Palawan, Busuanga
  16. Globba bicolor Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
  17. Globba bokorensis Nob.Tanaka & Tagane - Cambodia
  18. Globba brachyanthera K.Schum. - Sumatra, Borneo
  19. Globba bracteolata Wall. ex Baker - Bangladesh, Assam, Myanmar
  20. Globba brevifolia (K.Schum.) K.Schum. - Luzon
  21. Globba cambodgensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
  22. Globba campsophylla K.Schum. - Philippines
  23. Globba candida Gagnep. - Cambodia
  24. Globba cataractarum Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  25. Globba cernua Baker - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  26. Globba chekiangensis G.Y.Li, Z.H.Chen & G.H.Xia - Zhejiang
  27. Globba chrysantha Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  28. Globba chrysochila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  29. Globba clarkei Baker - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Thailand
  30. Globba colpicola K.Schum. - Thailand
  31. Globba conferta M.F.Newman - Thailand
  32. Globba corneri A.A.Weber - Malaysia
  33. Globba curtisii Holttum - Malaysia
  34. Globba dasycarpa M.F.Newman - Thailand
  35. Globba decora Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  36. Globba depingiana Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding - Yunan
  37. Globba emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu - Sichuan
  38. Globba expansa Wall. ex Horan. - Myanmar, Thailand (syn. G. yeatsiana Craib)
  39. Globba fecunda A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
  40. Globba flagellaris K.Larsen - Thailand
  41. Globba flavibracteata A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
  42. Globba fragilis S.N.Lim - Thailand, Langkawi
  43. Globba francisci Ridl. - Sabah, Sarawak
  44. Globba garrettii Kerr - Thailand
  45. Globba geoffrayi Gagnep. - Cambodia
  46. Globba glandulosa Ridl. - Sarawak
  47. Globba globulifera Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam
  48. Globba gracilis K.Schum. - Mindanao
  49. Globba grandis Sangvir. - Thailand
  50. Globba hasseltii Boerl. - Sumatra
  51. Globba hilaris Sangvir. - Indochina
  52. Globba holttumii S.N.Lim - Malaysia
  53. Globba impar M.F.Newman & H.Ð.Trần - Vietnam
  54. Globba insectifera Ridl. - Myanmar, Thailand (syn. G. kerrii Craib, G. nuda K.Larsen)
  55. Globba integra Ridl. - Thailand
  56. Globba × intermedia S.N.Lim - Malaysia (G. cernua × G. patens)
  57. Globba janae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Laos
  58. Globba kanchigandhii A.Joe & M.Sabu - Assam (Nagaland)
  59. Globba keithii Ridl. - Thailand
  60. Globba laeta K.Larsen - Myanmar, Thailand
  61. Globba lancangensis Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan
  62. Globba larsenii Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  63. Globba latifolia Ridl. - Philippines
  64. Globba leucantha Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  65. Globba lilacina Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Philippines
  66. Globba lithophila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  67. Globba longiligulata Sangvir. - Thailand
  68. Globba luteola Sangvir. - Thailand
  69. Globba macrocarpa Gagnep. - Indochina
  70. Globba macrochila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Nepal, eastern Himalayas
  71. Globba macroclada Gagnep. - Java
  72. Globba maculata Blume - widespread through the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.) as well as Yunnan, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Mer ( = Murray Island in Queensland)
  73. Globba magnibracteata Y.Y.Sam - Yunnan
  74. Globba marantina L. - widespread in Tropical Asia to Queensland - type species
  75. Globba menglianensis Y.Y.Qian - Myanmar
  76. Globba mogokensis W.W.Sm. & S.C.Banerji - Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar
  77. Globba mollis Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Sumatra
  78. Globba multiflora Wall. ex Baker - Borneo
  79. Globba multifolia A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
  80. Globba muluensis R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  81. Globba nawawii Ibrahim & K.Larsen - Terengganu
  82. Globba newmanii Sangvir. - Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
  83. Globba nisbetiana Craib - Thailand
  84. Globba nitens Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  85. Globba nitida M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
  86. Globba obscura K.Larsen - Thailand
  87. Globba orixensis Roxb. - Bangladesh, eastern India, Myanmar
  88. Globba paniculata Valeton - Sumatra
  89. Globba parva Gagnep. - Indochina
  90. Globba parviflora C.Presl - Philippines
  91. Globba patens Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  92. Globba pauciflora King ex Baker - Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  93. Globba pelecanthera Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand, Laos
  94. Globba pendula Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, western Indonesia, Malaysia, Andaman Islands
  95. Globba philippinensis Naive, J.A.G.Dalisay, Bangcaya & Sangvir. - Philippines
  96. Globba platystachya Baker - southern India
  97. Globba poomae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  98. Globba praecox K.J.Williams & Paisooks. - Thailand
  99. Globba praetermissa J.Y.Jin, L.Bai & N.H.Xia - Yunnan
  100. Globba propinqua Ridl. - Borneo
  101. Globba pumila Ridl. - Sarawak
  102. Globba purpurascens Craib - Thailand
  103. Globba pycnostachys Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
  104. Globba pyramidata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Mindanao
  105. Globba pyrrhopoikila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Sumatra
  106. Globba racemosa Sm. - Himalayas, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
  107. Globba radicalis Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
  108. Globba rahmanii Yusof - Bangladesh
  109. Globba ranongensis Picheans. & Tiyaw. - Thailand
  110. Globba reflexa Craib - Thailand
  111. Globba rosea Gagnep. - Laos
  112. Globba ruiliensis X.D.Ma, W.G.Wang & J.Y.Shen - Yunnan
  113. Globba rupestris Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Laos
  114. Globba salarkhanii (M.A.Rahman & Yusuf) Govaerts - Bangladesh
  115. Globba schomburgkii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Indochina
  116. Globba securifer Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Cambodia
  117. Globba sessiliflora Sims - India, Myanmar, Thailand
  118. Globba sherwoodiana W.J.Kress & V.Gowda - Assam, Myanmar
  119. Globba siamensis (Hemsl.) Hemsl. - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
  120. Globba sirirugsae Saensouk & P.Saensouk - Thailand
  121. Globba spathulata Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
  122. Globba subscaposa Collett & Hemsl. - Myanmar
  123. Globba substrigosa King ex Baker - Myanmar, Thailand
  124. Globba talangensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
  125. Globba tembatensis Y.Y.Sam & Julius - Malaysia
  126. Globba thorelii Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
  127. Globba tricolor Ridl. - Borneo
  128. Globba unifolia Ridl. - Malaysia, Thailand
  129. Globba urophylla K.Schum. - Maluku
  130. Globba ustulata Gagnep. - Balabac, Vietnam
  131. Globba variabilis Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  132. Globba verecunda M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
  133. Globba virginea I.M.Turner - N. & W. Sumatra
  134. Globba wardii (B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.) K.J.Williams - Mizoram, Myanmar
  135. Globba wengeri (C.E.C.Fisch.) K.J.Williams - Assam, Myanmar
  136. Globba williamsiana M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
  137. Globba winitii C.H.Wright - Thailand, Myanmar
  138. Globba xantholeuca Craib - Thailand

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