Hitchenia
Hitchenia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one recognized species, Hitchenia glauca, endemic to Myanmar (Burma).[1] The plant, which is called malaphu (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in Burmese cuisine.[2]
| Hitchenia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zingiberoideae |
| Tribe: | Zingibereae |
| Genus: | Hitchenia Wall. |
| Species: | H. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Hitchenia glauca | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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A few other species were formerly included in Hitchenia but have been moved to other genera:[1]
- Hitchenia careyana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker = Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood
- Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker = Curcuma caulina J.Graham
- Hitchenia musacea Baker = Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.
- Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f. = Curcuma roscoeana Wall.
Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae , but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- "ဆေးဖက်ဝင်တဲ့ မာလာဖူး ရဲ့ အကျိုးအာနိသင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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