Gagnepainia

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Gagnepainia
Gagnepainia harmandii imported from iNaturalist photo 65983523 on 31 January 2024.jpg
Gagnepainia harmandii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Globbeae
Genus: Gagnepainia
K.Schum. [1] [2]

Gagnepainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina.

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The genus was named in 1904 by Karl Moritz Schumann [1] [2] for French botanist François Gagnepain, who described many new species from the former colony of French Indochina. [3]

Species

Three species were initially described in 1895 as members of Hemiorchis , then transferred to the newly created Gagnepainia in 1904. [4]

  1. Gagnepainia godefroyi (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia
  2. Gagnepainia harmandii (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (synonym G. thoreliana(Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler) - Cambodia, Vietnam

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