Hitchenia
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| Taxonavigation: Zingiberales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Zingibereae
Genus: Hitchenia
Species: H. caulina
Name[edit]
- Hitchenia Wall., , Trans. Med. Soc. Calcutta 7: 215, (1835)
- Type species: Not designated.
Synonyms[edit]
- Heterotypic
- Dischema J. O. Voigt, Hortus Suburb. Calcut. 566. (1845)
Notes[edit]
The genus is nested within the present concept of Curcuma, might be merged under that genus in the future (Ngamriabsakul & al., 2004) and is now reduced to monotypic status.
References[edit]
- Wallich, N. (1835) Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta 7: 215.
- Ngamriabsakul, C., Newman, M.F. & Cronk, Q.C.B. (2004) The phylogeny of tribe Zingibereae (Zingiberaceae) based on ITS (nrDNA) and trnL-F (cpDNA) sequences. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60, 483-507. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428603000362.