Gagnepainia

Gagnepainia
Gagnepainia harmandii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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

References

  1. ^ a b IPNI International Plant Name Index: Gagnepainia. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Schumann, K.M. (1904) Pflanzenr. (Engler) Zingib. 129.
  3. ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families