Phrynium

Phrynium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Phrynium; Willd.
Synonyms
	Cominsia Hemsl.; Monophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.); Phacelophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.);

Phrynium is a genus of flowering plants native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. It was described as a genus in 1797.

Species

The Kew World Checklist includes:

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

External links

Phrynium Botanical illustrations

[jasmineappleberry-1] 1 2 3 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