Gagnepainia
Gagnepainia is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina. All three were initially described in 1895 as members of Hemiorchis, then transferred to the newly created Gagnepainia in 1904.[3]
- Gagnepainia godefroyi (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia
- Gagnepainia harmandii (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cambodia
- Gagnepainia thoreliana (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Vietnam
| Gagnepainia | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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] |
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.[4]
References
- IPNI International Plant Name Index: Gagnepainia. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- Schumann, K.M. (1904) Pflanzenr. (Engler) Zingib. 129.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi
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