Vanoverberghia

Vanoverberghia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, named after Morice Vanoverbergh (1885–1982), a Catholic missionary priest who lived in the Philippines and was also an anthropologist and a linguist.

Vanoverberghia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Alpinioideae
Tribe: Alpinieae
Genus: Vanoverberghia
Merr.
Type species
Vanoverberghia sepulchrei

The genus has now have five known species, native to Taiwan and the Philippines.[1][2]

  • Vanoverberghia sasakiana Funak. & H.Ohashi - Taiwan (Lanyu Island, also called Orchid Island) and Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia sepulchrei Merr. - Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia (Alpinia) diversifolia Elmer - Luzon, Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia rubrobracteata Docot & Ambida - Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia (Alpinia) vanoverberghii (Merr.) Funak. & Docot, comb. nov - Philippines

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hidenobu Funakoshi and Hiroyoshi Ohashi. 2000. Vanoverberghia sasakiana H. Funak. & H. Ohashi (Zingiberaceae), a New Species and a New Generic Record for the Flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 45(3):270-275
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