Globba

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Globbeae
Genus: Globba
Species: G. acehensis – G. adhaerens – G. albiflora – G. albobracteata – G. andersonii – G. angcorensis – G. annamensis – G. arracanensis – G. atrosanguinea – G. aurantiaca – G. aurea – G. bicolor – G. brachyanthera – G. bracteolata – G. brevifolia – G. cambodgensis – G. campsophylla – G. candida – G. cernua – G. chekiangensis – G. clarkei – G. colpicola – G. corneri – G. curtisii – G. emeiensis – G. fecunda – G. flagellaris – G. flavibracteata – G. fragilis – G. franciscii – G. garrettii – G. geoffrayi – G. glandulosa – G. globulifera – G. gracilis – G. hasseltii – G. holttumii – G. insectifera – G. integra – G. keithii – G. kerrii – G. laeta – G. lancangensis – G. latifolia – G. leucantha – G. leucocarpa – G. macrocarpa – G. macroclada – G. maculata – G. marantina – G. menglianensis – G. merrilli – G. mogokensis – G. multiflora – G. multifolia – G. muluensis – G. nawawii – G. nisbetiana – G. nuda – G. obscura – G. orixensis – G. paniculata – G. parva – G. parviflora – G. patens – G. pauciflora – G. pendula – G. platystachya – G. praecox – G. propinqua – G. pumila – G. purpurascens – G. pyramidata – G. racemosa – G. radicalis – G. rahmanii – G. ranongensis – G. reflexa – G. rosea – G. schomburgkii – G. sessiliflora – G. siamensis – G. sherwoodiana – G. spathulata – G. subscaposa – G. substrigosa – G. talangensis – G. thorelii – G. tricolor – G. unifolia – G. urophylla – G. ustulata – G. variabilis – G. wardii – G. wengeri – G. winitii – G. xantholeuca – G. yeatsiana
Name

Globba L. Mant. Pl. 2: 143, 170, 1287. (1771)

Type species: Globba marantina L., Mant. Pl. 2: 170 (1771)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Hura J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 49 (1783)
Lampujang J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 62 (1783)
Sphaerocarpos J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 9 (1791)
Manitia Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 209 (1792)
Mantisia Sims, Bot. Mag. 32: t. 1320 (1810)
Ceratanthera Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 2, 5 (1813)
Ceratanthera T.Lestib., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 335 (1841)
Colebrookia Donn ex T.Lestib., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 335 (1841)
Achilus Hemsl., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 39 (1895)

References

Linneaus, C. von (1771) Mantissa Plantarum 2: 143, 170, 1287.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Globba in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Globba. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Globba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2015.

Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 100 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.[1][2]
Species
Globba racemosa

Plants of the World Online includes:[1]

Globba acehensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
Globba adhaerens Gagnep. - Indochina
Globba albiflora Ridl. - Indochina
Globba albobracteata N.E.Br. - Sumatra
Globba andersonii C.B.Clarke ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - eastern Himalayas
Globba angcorensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
Globba annamensis Gagnep. - Laos, Vietnam
Globba argyrocycnos Sangvir. & M.F.Newman
Globba arracanensis Kurz - northern Myanmar
Globba atrosanguinea Teijsm. & Binn. - Sumatra, Borneo
Globba aurantiaca Miq. - Sumatra
Globba aurea Elmer - Palawan, Busuanga
Globba bicolor Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
Globba brachyanthera K.Schum. - Sumatra, Borneo
Globba bracteolata Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Bangladesh, Assam, Myanmar
Globba brevifolia (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Luzon
Globba cambodgensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
Globba campsophylla K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Philippines
Globba candida Gagnep. - Cambodia
Globba cernua Baker in J.D.Hooker - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
Globba chekiangensis G.Y.Li, Z.H.Chen & G.H.Xia - Zhejiang
Globba clarkei Baker in J.D.Hooker - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Thailand
Globba colpicola K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Thailand
Globba corneri A.A.Weber - Malaysia
Globba curtisii Holttum - Malaysia
Globba emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu - Sichuan
Globba fecunda A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
Globba flagellaris K.Larsen - Thailand
Globba flavibracteata A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
Globba fragilis S.N.Lim - Thailand, Langkawi
Globba franciscii Ridl. - Sabah, Sarawak
Globba garrettii Kerr - Thailand
Globba geoffrayi Gagnep. - Cambodia
Globba glandulosa Ridl. - Sarawak
Globba globulifera Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam
Globba gracilis K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Mindanao
Globba hasseltii Boerl. in A.L.van Hasselt - Sumatra
Globba holttumii S.N.Lim - Malaysia
Globba insectifera Ridl. - Myanmar
Globba integra Ridl. - Thailand
Globba × intermedia S.N.Lim - Malaysia (G. cernua × G. patens)
Globba keithii Ridl. - Thailand
Globba kerrii Craib - Myanmar, Thailand
Globba laeta K.Larsen - Myanmar, Thailand
Globba lancangensis Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan
Globba latifolia Ridl. - Philippines
Globba leucantha Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
Globba leucocarpa Ridl. - Philippines
Globba macrocarpa Gagnep. - Indochina
Globba macroclada Gagnep. - Nepal, eastern Himalayas
Globba maculata Blume - Java
Globba marantina L. - widespread through the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia,, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.) as well as Yunnan, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Mer ( = Murray Island in Queensland)
Globba menglianensis Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan
Globba merrilli Ridl. - Luzon
Globba mogokensis W.W.Sm. & Banerji - Myanmar
Globba multiflora Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar
Globba multifolia A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
Globba muluensis R.M.Sm. - Borneo
Globba nawawii Ibrahim & K.Larsen - Terengganu
Globba nisbetiana Craib - Thailand
Globba nuda K.Larsen - Thailand
Globba obscura K.Larsen - Thailand
Globba orixensis Roxb. - Bangladesh, eastern India, Myanmar
Globba paniculata Valeton - Sumatra
Globba parva Gagnep. - Indochina
Globba parviflora C.Presl - Philippines
Globba patens Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
Globba pauciflora King ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Globba pendula Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, western, Indonesia, Malaysia, Andaman Islands
Globba platystachya Baker in J.D.Hooker - southern India
Globba praecox K.J.Williams & Paisooks. - Thailand
Globba propinqua Ridl. - Borneo
Globba pumila Ridl. - Sarawak
Globba purpurascens Craib - Thailand
Globba pyramidata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Mindanao
Globba racemosa Sm. - Himalayas, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
Globba radicalis Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
Globba rahmanii Yusof - Bangladesh
Globba ranongensis Picheans. & Tiyaw. - Thailand
Globba reflexa Craib - Thailand
Globba rosea Gagnep. - Laos
Globba schomburgkii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Indochina
Globba sessiliflora Sims - India, Myanmar, Thailand
Globba sherwoodiana W.J.Kress & V.Gowda - Assam, Myanmar
Globba siamensis (Hemsl.) Hemsl. - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
Globba spathulata Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
Globba subscaposa Collett & Hemsl. - Myanmar
Globba substrigosa King ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Myanmar, Thailand
Globba talangensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
Globba tembatensis Y.Y.Sam & Julius - Malaysia
Globba thorelii Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
Globba tricolor Ridl. - Borneo
Globba unifolia Ridl. - Malaysia, Thailand
Globba urophylla K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Maluku
Globba ustulata Gagnep. - Balabac, Vietnam
Globba variabilis Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
Globba wardii (B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.) K.J.Williams - Mizoram, Myanmar
Globba wengeri (C.E.C.Fisch.) K.J.Williams - Assam, Myanmar
Globba winitii C.H.Wright - Thailand, Myanmar
Globba xantholeuca Craib - Thailand
Globba yeatsiana Craib - Thailand

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Flora of China v 24 p 358, 舞花姜属 wu hua jiang shu, Globba Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 2: 143, 170. 1771.

External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Globba.

Pacific Bulb Society, Globba photos of several species
Floridata, Globba winitii, Common Names: dancing ladies ginger, dancing girls ginger
Dave's Garden, PlantFiles: Dancing Girl Ginger Globba schomburgkii
National Tropical Botanical Garden (USA), Globba atrosanguinea[permanent dead link]