Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 100 species, native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China v 24 p 367, 凹唇姜属 ao chun jiang shu, Boesenbergia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685. 1891.
Species
, Plants of the World Online includes:Plants of the World Online: Boesenbergia Kuntze (retrieved 12 September 2026) Boesenbergia alba (K.Larsen & R.M.Sm.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan Boesenbergia albosanguinea (Ridl.) Loes. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah Boesenbergia ashihoi - Assam Boesenbergia atropurpurea Mas Izzaty & Meekiong - Borneo Boesenbergia aurantiaca R.M.Sm. - Borneo Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei Boesenbergia bella - Laos Boesenbergia bosuangii - Borneo Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei Boesenbergia burmanica - Myanmar (Burma) Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak - Borneo Boesenbergia burttii (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Laos Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia collinsii Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand Boesenbergia decus-silvae (Hallier f.) Ardiyani & Mood - Borneo Boesenbergia eburnea - Philippines Boesenbergia extensa (K.Schum.) Veldkamp & Mood - Borneo Boesenbergia flabellata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak Boesenbergia flava Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia flavoalba R.M.Sm. - Borneo Boesenbergia flavorubra R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak Boesenbergia ganaensis - Borneo Boesenbergia gokusingii - Borneo Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak Boesenbergia hamiltonii -Sikkim to N. Bangladesh Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak Boesenbergia igorota - Philippines Boesenbergia imbakensis - Borneo Boesenbergia ischnosiphon S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak Boesenbergia islamii Yusof & M.A.Rahman - Bangladesh Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley - Brunei Boesenbergia kenali C.K.Lim - Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia kerbyi R.M.Sm. - Sarawak Boesenbergia kerrii - western Indochina Boesenbergia kingii - India, southern China, western Indochina Boesenbergia laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak Boesenbergia laotica (Picheans. & Mokkamul) Mood & L.M.Prince Boesenbergia latilabra (Valeton) Veldkamp & Mood Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim Boesenbergia leonardocoi - Philippines Boesenbergia loerzingii (Valeton) K.Larsen ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen - Sumatra Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze - Myanmar Boesenbergia longipes (King & Prain ex Ridl.) Schltr. - Perak, Thailand Boesenbergia longipetiolata (Ridl.) Merr. - Mindanao Boesenbergia lysichitoides S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak Boesenbergia macropoda Merr. - Jolo Boesenbergia magna (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood - Borneo Boesenbergia maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, ThailandBGO Plant Index, Thailand - with illustration (retrieved 13/9/2017) Boesenbergia meghalayensis Aishwarya & M.Sabu Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia monophylla - Vietnam Boesenbergia moodii - Myanmar Boesenbergia ochroleuca (Ridl.) Schltr. - Thailand Boesenbergia oligosperma (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - Sarawak Boesenbergia orbiculata R.M.Sm. - Brunei, Sarawak Boesenbergia ornata (N.E.Br.) R.M.Sm. - Kalimantan Boesenbergia parva (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak Boesenbergia parvula (Wall. ex Baker) Kuntze - Myanmar, Thailand Boesenbergia pauciflora (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood Boesenbergia petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand Boesenbergia phengklaii Mood Boesenbergia plicata (Ridl.) Holttum - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia prainiana (King ex Baker) Schltr. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia pulchella (Ridl.) Merr. - Sabah, Sarawak Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze - India, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia – type species Boesenbergia purpureorubra Mood & L.M.Prince Boesenbergia putiana Mood & L.M.Prince Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S.Lý Boesenbergia regalis Kharuk. & Tohdam - Thailand Boesenbergia roseopunctata (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Sumatra Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. - Yunnan, Indochina, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Andaman Islands; introduced into India and Sri Lanka Boesenbergia rubrolutea (Baker) Kuntze - Assam Boesenbergia siamensis (Gagnep.) Sirirugsa - Thailand Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Prasanthk. & Škornick. - Indochina Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo Boesenbergia sugudensis - Borneo Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand Boesenbergia thailandica (K.Larsen) Mood & L.M.Prince Boesenbergia thorelii (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam Boesenbergia tillandsiodes (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam, Peninsular Malaysia Boesenbergia trangensis K.Larsen - Thailand Boesenbergia uniflora (K.Schum.) Ardiyani & Mood Boesenbergia urceoligena A.D.Poulsen - Brunei Boesenbergia variegata R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak Boesenbergia vittata (N.E.Br.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra Boesenbergia xiphostachya (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina Note: Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler is a synonym of Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia
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