Tapeinochilos is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1869.[3][2][4] It is native to Queensland, Papuasia, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.[1] Centered in Papua New Guinea, only three of the approximately 16 species occur outside of the country.[5]
| Tapeinochilos | |
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| Tapeinochilos ananassae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Costaceae |
| Genus: | Tapeinochilos Miq. |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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- Tapeinochilos acaulis K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos ananassae (Hassk.) K.Schum. - Queensland, New Guinea, Maluku
- Tapeinochilos beccarii K.Schum. - Western New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos dahlii K.Schum - Bismarck Archipelago
- Tapeinochilos densus K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos fissilabrum Gagnep. - Bismarck Archipelago
- Tapeinochilos globiceps K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos hollrungii K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos lauterbachii K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos naumannii Warb. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos piniformis Warb. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos pubescens Ridl. - Western New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos recurvatus K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos spectabilis K.Schum. - New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos tomentosus Valeton - New Guinea
- Tapeinochilos versteegii Valeton - New Guinea
Gallery
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Tapeinochilos recurvatus
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Tropicos, Tapeinochilos Miq.
- ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1869. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 4: 101-102 in Latin
- ^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
- ^ 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.