Phrynium

Phrynium
Phrynium pubinerve foliage and inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Phrynium Willd.
Synonyms [1]
CominsiaHemsl. MonophryniumK.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) PhacelophryniumK.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. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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

External links

• Phrynium Botanical illustrations