Globba

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
  • 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.

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.

Species

Globba racemosa
Globba winitii

Plants of the World Online includes:

  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 - Yunnan
  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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