''Pleuranthodium tephrochlamys'' is a monocotyledonous plant species first described 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 ...

and Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. ''Pleuranthodium tephrochlamys'' is part of the genus ''

Pleuranthodium ''Pleuranthodium'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. Of the 23 known species, 21 are endemic to New Guinea, one to Queensland and one to the Bismarck Archipelago. * '' Pleuranthodium biligulatum'' (Valeton) R.M.Sm. Rosemary Margaret ...

'' and the family Zingiberaceae. The species' range is in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

References

R.M.Sm., 1991 ''In: Edinburgh J. Bot. 48: 65'' WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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