Phrynium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Phrynium
Species: P. aurantium – P. bracteosum – P. fasciculatum – P. fissifolium – P. giganteum – P. gracile – P. grandibracteatum – P. hainanense – P. hirtum – P. houtteanum – P. imbricatum – P. interruptum – P. kaniense – P. laxum – P. longispicum – P. macrocephalum – P. magnificum – P. maximum – P. minor – P. minutiflorum – P. nicobaricum – P. obscurum – P. parvum – P. pedunculatum – P. pedunculiferum – P. pubinerve – P. robinsonii – P. rubrum – P. sapiense – P. schlechteri – P. simplex – P. stenophyllum – P. tonkinense – P. tristachyum – P. venustum – P. villosulum – P. whitei
Name

Phrynium Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 17 (1797), nom. cons.

Type species: Phrynium pubinerve Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae: 38 (1827) Designated as synonym Phrynium capitatum Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 17 (1797), nom. illeg.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cominsia Hemsl., Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 507 (1891)
Monophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 68 (1902)
Phacelophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 120 (1902)

Homonyms

Phrynium Loefl. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 318 (1898) a synonym of Heteranthera Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 9 (1794), nom. cons. (Pontederiaceae)

References

Willdenow, C.L. von (1797) Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 1: 1, 17. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Phrynium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Phrynium. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Phrynium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2. accepts this genus as a synonym of Saranthe

Phrynium is a plant genus native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. It was described as a genus in 1797.[1][2][3][4]
Species

The Kew World Checklist includes:[1]

Phrynium aurantium (Clausager & Borchs.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Borneo
Phrynium bracteosum (Warb. ex K.Schum.) Suksathan & Borchs - Borneo, Philippines
Phrynium fasciculatum (C.Presl) Horan. - Philippines, Maluku
Phrynium fissifolium Ridl. - Borneo
Phrynium giganteum Scheff. - Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu
Phrynium gracile K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - Bismarcks
Phrynium grandibracteatum Clausager & Borchs - Borneo
Phrynium hainanense T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen - Thailand, Vietnam, southern China
Phrynium hirtum Ridl. - Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia
Phrynium houtteanum K.Koch - Java
Phrynium imbricatum Roxb. - India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China
Phrynium interruptum (K.Schum.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Philippines, Maluku
Phrynium kaniense Loes. & G.M.Schulze - New Guinea
Phrynium laxum (Clausager & Borchs.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Borneo
Phrynium longispicum (K.Schum.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Sulawesi
Phrynium macrocephalum K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung - New Guinea ("Kaiser Wilhelm's Land")
Phrynium magnificum Suksathan & Borchs. - New Guinea
Phrynium maximum Blume - Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Borneo
Phrynium minor (Valeton) Suksathan & Borchs. - New Guinea
Phrynium minutiflorum Suksathan & Borchs. - Philippines
Phrynium nicobaricum Didr. - Nicobar Islands
Phrynium obscurum Teijsm. & Binn. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
Phrynium parvum (Ridl.) Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
Phrynium pedunculatum Warb. ex K.Schum. - New Guinea
Phrynium pedunculiferum D.Fang - China, Thailand, Vietnam
Phrynium pubinerve Blume - widespread from India to China to New Guinea
Phrynium robinsonii (Valeton) Suksathan & Borchs. - Sulawesi, Maluku
Phrynium rubrum (Valeton) Suksathan & Borchs. - Maluku
Phrynium sapiense (Clausager, Mood & Borchs.) Suksathan & Borchs. - Sabah
Phrynium schlechteri Loes. & G.M.Schulze - New Guinea
Phrynium simplex (Elmer) Suksathan & Borchs. - Luzon
Phrynium stenophyllum Clausager & Borchs. - Borneo
Phrynium tonkinense Gagnep. - Vietnam, Yunnan
Phrynium tristachyum Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia
Phrynium venustum I.M.Turner - Peninsular Malaysia
Phrynium villosulum Miq. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
Phrynium whitei (Ridl.) Suksathan & Borchs. - New Guinea

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phrynium
Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1797. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 1: 1, 17 in Latin
Tropicos, Phrynium Willd.
Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1797. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 1: 1, 17. Phrynium