Boesenbergia

Boesenbergia
Boesenbergia pulcherrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Genus: Boesenbergia
Kuntze (1891)
Type species
Boesenbergia pulcherrima
(Wall.) Kuntze
Synonyms
  • Banglium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (1832), without description
  • Curcumorpha A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma (1971 publ. 1974)
  • Gastrochilus Wall. (1829), illegitimate homonym, not D.Don (1825)
  • Haplochorema K.Schum. (1899)
  • Jirawongsea Picheans. (2008)

Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 100 species, native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).

Species

Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia tiliifolia

As of September 2026, Plants of the World Online includes:

  1. Boesenbergia alba (K.Larsen & R.M.Sm.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
  2. Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands
  3. Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan
  4. Boesenbergia albosanguinea (Ridl.) Loes. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  5. Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra
  6. Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
  7. Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah
  8. Boesenbergia ashihoi S.Debnath, Sameer Patil & D.Vijayan - Assam
  9. Boesenbergia atropurpurea Mas Izzaty & Meekiong - Borneo
  10. Boesenbergia aurantiaca R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  11. Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand
  12. Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand
  13. Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
  14. Boesenbergia bella Mood & L.M.Prince - Laos
  15. Boesenbergia bosuangii N.F.Lam - Borneo
  16. Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei
  17. Boesenbergia burmanica Boonma, P.Saensouk & Saensouk - Myanmar (Burma)
  18. Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak - Borneo
  19. Boesenbergia burttii (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Laos
  20. Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia
  21. Boesenbergia collinsii Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
  22. Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  23. Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  24. Boesenbergia decus-silvae (Hallier f.) Ardiyani & Mood - Borneo
  25. Boesenbergia eburnea Docot - Philippines
  26. Boesenbergia extensa (K.Schum.) Veldkamp & Mood - Borneo
  27. Boesenbergia flabellata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  28. Boesenbergia flava Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
  29. Boesenbergia flavoalba R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  30. Boesenbergia flavorubra R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  31. Boesenbergia ganaensis N.F.Lam - Borneo
  32. Boesenbergia gokusingii N.F.Lam - Borneo
  33. Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo
  34. Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  35. Boesenbergia hamiltonii Mood, S.Dey & L.M.Prince -Sikkim to N. Bangladesh
  36. Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
  37. Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak
  38. Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  39. Boesenbergia igorota Tad-o & Napaldet - Philippines
  40. Boesenbergia imbakensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Borneo
  41. Boesenbergia ischnosiphon S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  42. Boesenbergia islamii Yusof & M.A.Rahman - Bangladesh
  43. Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley - Brunei
  44. Boesenbergia kenali C.K.Lim - Peninsular Malaysia
  45. Boesenbergia kerbyi R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  46. Boesenbergia kerrii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - western Indochina
  47. Boesenbergia kingii Mood & L.M.Prince - India, southern China, western Indochina
  48. Boesenbergia laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak
  49. Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  50. Boesenbergia laotica (Picheans. & Mokkamul) Mood & L.M.Prince
  51. Boesenbergia latilabra (Valeton) Veldkamp & Mood
  52. Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim
  53. Boesenbergia leonardocoi Funak. & Docot - Philippines
  54. Boesenbergia loerzingii (Valeton) K.Larsen ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen - Sumatra
  55. Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze - Myanmar
  56. Boesenbergia longipes (King & Prain ex Ridl.) Schltr. - Perak, Thailand
  57. Boesenbergia longipetiolata (Ridl.) Merr. - Mindanao
  58. Boesenbergia lysichitoides S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  59. Boesenbergia macropoda Merr. - Jolo
  60. Boesenbergia magna (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood - Borneo
  61. Boesenbergia maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, Thailand
  62. Boesenbergia meghalayensis Aishwarya & M.Sabu
  63. Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia
  64. Boesenbergia monophylla N.S.Lý, N.G.Cao & Škorničk. - Vietnam
  65. Boesenbergia moodii Nob.Tanaka & Paing - Myanmar
  66. Boesenbergia ochroleuca (Ridl.) Schltr. - Thailand
  67. Boesenbergia oligosperma (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  68. Boesenbergia orbiculata R.M.Sm. - Brunei, Sarawak
  69. Boesenbergia ornata (N.E.Br.) R.M.Sm. - Kalimantan
  70. Boesenbergia parva (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
  71. Boesenbergia parvula (Wall. ex Baker) Kuntze - Myanmar, Thailand
  72. Boesenbergia pauciflora (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
  73. Boesenbergia petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand
  74. Boesenbergia phengklaii Mood
  75. Boesenbergia plicata (Ridl.) Holttum - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  76. Boesenbergia prainiana (King ex Baker) Schltr. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  77. Boesenbergia pulchella (Ridl.) Merr. - Sabah, Sarawak
  78. Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze - India, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia – type species
  79. Boesenbergia purpureorubra Mood & L.M.Prince
  80. Boesenbergia putiana Mood & L.M.Prince
  81. Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S.Lý
  82. Boesenbergia regalis Kharuk. & Tohdam - Thailand
  83. Boesenbergia roseopunctata (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Sumatra
  84. Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. - Yunnan, Indochina, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Andaman Islands; introduced into India and Sri Lanka
  85. Boesenbergia rubrolutea (Baker) Kuntze - Assam
  86. Boesenbergia siamensis (Gagnep.) Sirirugsa - Thailand
  87. Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Prasanthk. & Škornick. - Indochina
  88. Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  89. Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
  90. Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo
  91. Boesenbergia sugudensis N.F.Lam - Borneo
  92. Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand
  93. Boesenbergia thailandica (K.Larsen) Mood & L.M.Prince
  94. Boesenbergia thorelii (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina
  95. Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam
  96. Boesenbergia tillandsiodes (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam, Peninsular Malaysia
  97. Boesenbergia trangensis K.Larsen - Thailand
  98. Boesenbergia uniflora (K.Schum.) Ardiyani & Mood
  99. Boesenbergia urceoligena A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
  100. Boesenbergia variegata R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  101. Boesenbergia vittata (N.E.Br.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
  102. Boesenbergia xiphostachya (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina

Note: Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler is a synonym of Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia

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