Phrynium

Phrynium is a plant genus native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. It was described as a genus in 1797.[1][2][3][4]

Phrynium
P. pubinerve inflorescence, Laos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Phrynium
Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cominsia Hemsl.
  • Monophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
  • Phacelophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)

Species

The Kew World Checklist includes:[1]

  • Phrynium aurantium (Clausager & Borchs.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Borneo
  • Phrynium bracteosum (Warb. ex K.Schum.) Suksathan & Borchs - Borneo, Philippines
  • Phrynium fasciculatum (C.Presl) Horan. - Philippines, Maluku
  • Phrynium fissifolium Ridl. - Borneo
  • Phrynium giganteum Scheff. - Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu
  • Phrynium gracile K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - Bismarcks
  • Phrynium grandibracteatum Clausager & Borchs - Borneo
  • Phrynium hainanense T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen - Thailand, Vietnam, southern China
  • Phrynium hirtum Ridl. - Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia
  • Phrynium houtteanum K.Koch - Java
  • Phrynium imbricatum Roxb. - India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China
  • Phrynium interruptum (K.Schum.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Philippines, Maluku
  • Phrynium kaniense Loes. & G.M.Schulze - New Guinea
  • Phrynium laxum (Clausager & Borchs.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Borneo
  • Phrynium longispicum (K.Schum.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Sulawesi
  • Phrynium macrocephalum K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung - New Guinea ("Kaiser Wilhelm's Land")
  • Phrynium magnificum Suksathan & Borchs. - New Guinea
  • Phrynium maximum Blume - Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Borneo
  • Phrynium minor (Valeton) Suksathan & Borchs. - New Guinea
  • Phrynium minutiflorum Suksathan & Borchs. - Philippines
  • Phrynium nicobaricum Didr. - Nicobar Islands
  • Phrynium obscurum Teijsm. & Binn. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Phrynium parvum (Ridl.) Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Phrynium pedunculatum Warb. ex K.Schum. - New Guinea
  • Phrynium pedunculiferum D.Fang - China, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Phrynium pubinerve Blume - widespread from India to China to New Guinea
  • Phrynium robinsonii (Valeton) Suksathan & Borchs. - Sulawesi, Maluku
  • Phrynium rubrum (Valeton) Suksathan & Borchs. - Maluku
  • Phrynium sapiense (Clausager, Mood & Borchs.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Sabah
  • Phrynium schlechteri Loes. & G.M.Schulze - New Guinea
  • Phrynium simplex (Elmer) Suksathan & Borchs. - Luzon
  • Phrynium stenophyllum Clausager & Borchs. - Borneo
  • Phrynium tonkinense Gagnep. - Vietnam, Yunnan
  • Phrynium tristachyum Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Phrynium venustum I.M.Turner - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Phrynium villosulum Miq. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Phrynium whitei (Ridl.) Suksathan & Borchs. - New Guinea

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phrynium
  2. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1797. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 1: 1, 17 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Phrynium Willd.
  4. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1797. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 1: 1, 17. Phrynium
  • Media related to Phrynium at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Phrynium at Wikispecies
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.