''Gagnepainia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

. All three were initially described in 1895 as members of ''

Hemiorchis ''Hemiorchis'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains three recognized species, native to the eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Myanmar. * '' Hemiorchis burmanica'' Kurz - Myanmar * '' Hemiorchis pantlingii'' King - Assam, Nepal, B ...

'', then transferred to the newly created ''Gagnepainia'' in 1904. * ''

Gagnepainia godefroyi ''Gagnepainia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina. All three were initially described in 1895 as members of ''Hemiorchis'', then transferred to the newly created ''Gagne ...

'' (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia * ''

Gagnepainia harmandii ''Gagnepainia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina. All three were initially described in 1895 as members of ''Hemiorchis'', then transferred to the newly created ''Gagne ...

'' (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cambodia * '' Gagnepainia thoreliana'' (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Vietnam The genus was named in 1904 by

Karl Moritz Schumann Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...

for French botanist François Gagnepain, who described many new species from the former colony of

French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

.CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2
by Umberto Quattrocchi

References

External links

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Genera in the Zingiberaceae, ''Gagnepainia''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3061711 Zingiberoideae Zingiberaceae genera Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann Taxa described in 1904