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Species

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'' includes: # '' Globba acehensis'' - Sumatra # '' Globba adhaerens'' - Indochina # '' Globba albiflora'' - western Indochina, peninsular Malaysia # '' Globba albobracteata'' - Sumatra # '' Globba amnicola'' - Thailand # '' Globba amplectens'' - Thailand # '' Globba andersonii'' - eastern Himalayas # '' Globba angcorensis'' - Cambodia, Vietnam # '' Globba annamensis'' - Laos, Vietnam # '' Globba aranyaniae'' - Thailand to Laos # '' Globba argyrocycnos'' - Thailand # '' Globba arracanensis'' - northern Myanmar # '' Globba atrosanguinea'' - Sumatra, Borneo # '' Globba aurantiaca'' - Sumatra # '' Globba aurea'' - Palawan, Busuanga # '' Globba bicolor'' - Cambodia, Vietnam # '' Globba bokorensis'' - Cambodia # '' Globba brachyanthera'' - Sumatra, Borneo # '' Globba bracteolata'' - Bangladesh, Assam, Myanmar # '' Globba brevifolia'' - Luzon # '' Globba cambodgensis'' - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand # '' Globba campsophylla'' - Philippines # '' Globba candida'' - Cambodia # '' Globba cataractarum'' - Thailand # '' Globba cernua'' - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra # '' Globba chekiangensis'' - Zhejiang # '' Globba chrysantha'' - Thailand # '' Globba chrysochila'' - Thailand # '' Globba clarkei'' - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Thailand # '' Globba colpicola'' - Thailand # '' Globba conferta'' - Thailand # '' Globba corneri'' - Malaysia # '' Globba curtisii'' - Malaysia # '' Globba dasycarpa'' - Thailand # '' Globba decora'' - Thailand # '' Globba depingiana'' -

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# '' Globba emeiensis'' - Sichuan # ''

Globba expansa ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Myanmar, Thailand (syn. ''G. yeatsiana'' ) # '' Globba fecunda'' - Sumatra # '' Globba flagellaris'' - Thailand # '' Globba flavibracteata'' - Sumatra # '' Globba fragilis'' - Thailand, Langkawi # ''

Globba francisci ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Sabah, Sarawak # '' Globba garrettii'' - Thailand # '' Globba geoffrayi'' - Cambodia # '' Globba glandulosa'' - Sarawak # '' Globba globulifera'' - Thailand, Vietnam # '' Globba gracilis'' - Mindanao # ''

Globba grandis ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba hasseltii'' - Sumatra # ''

Globba hilaris ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' -

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) 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 th ...

# '' Globba holttumii'' - Malaysia # ''

Globba impar ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarc ...

'' - Vietnam # '' Globba insectifera'' - Myanmar, Thailand (syn. ''G. kerrii'' , ''G. nuda'' ) # '' Globba integra'' - Thailand # '' Globba ×'' - Malaysia (''G. cernua'' × ''G. patens'') # ''

Globba janae ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Laos # ''

Globba kanchigandhii ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Assam (Nagaland) # '' Globba keithii'' - Thailand # '' Globba laeta'' - Myanmar, Thailand # '' Globba lancangensis'' -

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Globba larsenii ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba latifolia'' - Philippines # '' Globba leucantha'' - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra # ''

Globba lilacina ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Philippines # ''

Globba lithophila ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # ''

Globba longiligulata ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # ''

Globba luteola ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba macrocarpa'' - Indochina # ''

Globba macrochila ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Nepal, eastern Himalayas # '' Globba macroclada'' - Java # '' Globba maculata'' - widespread through the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.) as well as Yunnan, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Mer ( = Murray Island in Queensland) # ''

Globba magnibracteata ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Yunnan # '' Globba marantina'' - widespread in Tropical Asia to Queensland - type species # '' Globba menglianensis'' - Myanmar # '' Globba mogokensis'' - Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar # ''

Globba mollis ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Sumatra # '' Globba multiflora'' - Borneo # '' Globba multifolia'' - Sumatra # '' Globba muluensis'' - Borneo # '' Globba nawawii'' - Terengganu # ''

Globba newmanii ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

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# '' Globba nisbetiana'' - Thailand # ''

Globba nitens ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # ''

Globba nitida ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba obscura'' - Thailand # '' Globba orixensis'' - Bangladesh, eastern India, Myanmar # '' Globba paniculata'' - Sumatra # '' Globba parva'' - Indochina # '' Globba parviflora'' - Philippines # '' Globba patens'' - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra # '' Globba pauciflora'' - Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands # ''

Globba pelecanthera ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand, Laos # '' Globba pendula'' - Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, western Indonesia, Malaysia, Andaman Islands # ''

Globba philippinensis ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Philippines # '' Globba platystachya'' - southern India # ''

Globba poomae ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba praecox'' - Thailand # ''

Globba praetermissa ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarc ...

'' - Yunnan # '' Globba propinqua'' - Borneo # '' Globba pumila'' - Sarawak # '' Globba purpurascens'' - Thailand # ''

Globba pycnostachys ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba pyramidata'' - Cambodia, Vietnam, Mindanao # ''

Globba pyrrhopoikila ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarc ...

'' - Sumatra # '' Globba racemosa'' - Himalayas, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand # '' Globba radicalis'' - eastern Himalayas # '' Globba rahmanii'' - Bangladesh # '' Globba ranongensis'' - Thailand # '' Globba reflexa'' - Thailand # '' Globba rosea'' - Laos # ''

Globba ruiliensis ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Yunnan # ''

Globba rupestris ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Laos # ''

Globba salarkhanii ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarc ...

'' - Bangladesh # '' Globba schomburgkii'' - Yunnan, Assam, Indochina # ''

Globba securifer ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Cambodia # '' Globba sessiliflora'' - India, Myanmar, Thailand # '' Globba sherwoodiana'' - Assam, Myanmar # '' Globba siamensis'' - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia # ''

Globba sirirugsae ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba spathulata'' - eastern Himalayas # '' Globba subscaposa'' - Myanmar # '' Globba substrigosa'' - Myanmar, Thailand # '' Globba talangensis'' - Sumatra # '' Globba tembatensis'' - Malaysia # '' Globba thorelii'' - Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia # '' Globba tricolor'' - Borneo # '' Globba unifolia'' - Malaysia, Thailand # '' Globba urophylla'' - Maluku # '' Globba ustulata'' - Balabac, Vietnam # '' Globba variabilis'' - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra # ''

Globba verecunda ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # ''

Globba virginea ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - N. & W. Sumatra # '' Globba wardii'' - Mizoram, Myanmar # '' Globba wengeri'' - Assam, Myanmar # ''

Globba williamsiana ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago ...

'' - Thailand # '' Globba winitii'' - Thailand, Myanmar # '' Globba xantholeuca'' - Thailand

References

External links

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Pacific Bulb Society, ''Globba''
photos of several species
Floridata, ''Globba winitii'', Common Names: dancing ladies ginger, dancing girls ginger

Dave's Garden, PlantFiles: Dancing Girl Ginger ''Globba schomburgkii''

National Tropical Botanical Garden (USA), ''Globba atrosanguinea''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2711952 Zingiberoideae Zingiberaceae genera