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Tapeinochilos
Tapeinochilos is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1869. It is native to Queensland, Papuasia, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Indonesian wax ginger
speciesTapeinochilos ananassae

Tapeinochilos densus
speciesTapeinochilos densus

Tapeinochilos dahlii
speciesTapeinochilos dahlii

Tapeinochilos hollrungii
speciesTapeinochilos hollrungii
Tapeinochilos acaulis
speciesTapeinochilos acaulis
Tapeinochilos beccarii
speciesTapeinochilos beccarii
Tapeinochilos fissilabrum
speciesTapeinochilos fissilabrum
Tapeinochilos globiceps
speciesTapeinochilos globiceps
Tapeinochilos lauterbachii
speciesTapeinochilos lauterbachii
Tapeinochilos naumannii
speciesTapeinochilos naumannii
Tapeinochilos piniformis
speciesTapeinochilos piniformis
Tapeinochilos pubescens
speciesTapeinochilos pubescens
Tapeinochilos recurvatus
speciesTapeinochilos recurvatus
Tapeinochilos spectabilis
speciesTapeinochilos spectabilis
Tapeinochilos tomentosus
speciesTapeinochilos tomentosus
Tapeinochilos versteegii
speciesTapeinochilos versteegii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343816.