''Phrynium pubinerve'' is the type species of the plant genus ''

Phrynium ''Phrynium'' is a plant genus native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the e ...

'', in the family Marantaceae. It is widespread throughout Asia, with records from India, China, and Indo-China through to New Guinea; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

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Stachyphrynium placentarium ''Stachyphrynium placentarium'' is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its basionym was ''Phyllodes placentaria'' Lour.de Loureiro J (1790) ''Fl. Cochinch.'' 1: 13. and was subsequently long placed as various species in the genus '' P ...

'' leaves of this species may be used as a wrapping for food and other items (illustrations here are from

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

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References

Blume, 1827 ''In: Enum. Pl. Javae : 38''

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q15210528 Marantaceae Flora of Indo-China plurinerve Plants described in 1827 Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume