Vanoverberghia Explained

Vanoverberghia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, named after Morice Vanoverbergh (1885–1982), a Catholic missionary priest who lived in the Philippines and was also an anthropologist and a linguist.

The genus has now have five known species, native to Taiwan and the Philippines.^{[1] [2]}

• Vanoverberghia sasakiana Funak. & H.Ohashi - Taiwan (Lanyu Island, also called Orchid Island) and Philippines
• Vanoverberghia sepulchrei Merr. - Philippines
• Vanoverberghia (Alpinia) diversifolia Elmer - Luzon, Philippines
• Vanoverberghia rubrobracteata Docot & Ambida - Philippines
• Vanoverberghia (Alpinia) vanoverberghii (Merr.) Funak. & Docot - Philippines

External links

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Genera of the Zingiberales, Vanoverberghia
• Phytoimages, Vanoverberghia sepulchrei

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=271330 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?id=376 Hidenobu Funakoshi and Hiroyoshi Ohashi. 2000. Vanoverberghia sasakiana H. Funak. & H. Ohashi (Zingiberaceae), a New Species and a New Generic Record for the Flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 45(3):270-275