Stachyphrynium

Stachyphrynium
Stachyphrynium placentarium leaves, Vietnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Stachyphrynium K.Schum. 1902, conserved name
Type species
Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum. [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
PhyllodesLour. 1790, rejected name

Stachyphrynium is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. ^{[3] [4]} It was first described as a genus with this name in 1902. ^{[5] [2]}

Species

The Kew World Checklist includes: ^[3]

• Stachyphrynium borneense - Borneo
• Stachyphrynium calcicola - Borneo
• Stachyphrynium lancifolium - Borneo
• Stachyphrynium latifolium - S Thailand, P Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi
• Stachyphrynium longispicatum - S Thailand, P Malaysia
• Stachyphrynium placentarium - synonym: Phrynium placentarium(Lour.) Merr. ^[6] - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan) Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
• Stachyphrynium repens - Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, P Malaysia, Indochina, Andaman Islands
• Stachyphrynium spicatum - Yunnan, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Island, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos

References

1. lectotype Clausager & Borchsenius, Kew Bull. 58: 669 (2002)
2. Tropicos, Stachyphrynium K. Schum.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Stachyphrynium
4. K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich, IV, 48: 45 (1902)
5. Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 45
6. The Plant List