Hitchenia
| Hitchenia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus: | Hitchenia Wall. |
| Species: | H. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Hitchenia glauca Wall. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Hitchenia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one recognized species, Hitchenia glauca, endemic to Myanmar (Burma).[1]
A few other species were formerly included in Hitchenia but have been moved to other genera:[1]
- Hitchenia careyana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker = Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood
- Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker = Curcuma caulina J.Graham
- Hitchenia musacea Baker = Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.
- Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f. = Curcuma roscoeana Wall.
References
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/18/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.