Stachyphrynium

Stachyphrynium is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.^[3][4] It was first described as a genus with this name in 1902.^[5][2]

Stachyphrynium
Stachyphrynium placentarium leaves, Vietnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Stachyphrynium K.Schum. 1902, conserved name
Type species
Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Phyllodes Lour. 1790, rejected name

Species

The Kew World Checklist includes:^[3]

• Stachyphrynium borneense - Borneo
• Stachyphrynium calcicola - Borneo
• Stachyphrynium lancifolium - Borneo
• Stachyphrynium latifolium - S Thailand, P Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi
• Stachyphrynium longispicatum - S Thailand, P Malaysia
• Stachyphrynium placentarium - synonym: Phrynium placentarium (Lour.) Merr.^[6] - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan) Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
• Stachyphrynium repens - Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, P Malaysia, Indochina, Andaman Islands
• Stachyphrynium spicatum - Yunnan, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Island, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos