''Pleuranthodium'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. Of the 23 known species, 21 are endemic to
New Guinea
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Bismarck Archipelago
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History
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Pleuranthodium biligulatum''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm.
Rosemary Margaret Smith (1933–2004) was a Scottish botanist and illustrator who specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family. Many of the species she classified and identified as being placed into improper genera were fou ...
- New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium branderhorstii''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium comptum''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium floccosum''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium floribundum''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium gjellerupii''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium hellwigii''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium iboense''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium macropycnanthum''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium neragaimae''
(Gilli) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium papilionaceum''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium pedicellatum''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium peekelii''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - Bismarck Archipelago
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Pleuranthodium pelecystylum''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium piundaundensis'' (
P.Royen) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium platynema''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium pterocarpum''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium racemigerum''
(F.Muell.) R.M.Sm. - Queensland
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Pleuranthodium roemeri''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium schlechteri''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium scyphonema''
(K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
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Pleuranthodium tephrochlamys''
(K.Schum. & Lauterb.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
* ''
Pleuranthodium trichocalyx''
(Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3019874
Zingiberaceae genera
Endemic flora of New Guinea
Taxa named by Rosemary Margaret Smith