Gagnepainia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Globbeae
Genus: Gagnepainia
Species: G. godefroyi – G. harmandii – G. thoreliana
Name

Gagnepainia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 129 (1904)

Type species: non designatus

References

Schumann, K.M. (1904) Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46(Heft 20): 129.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Gagnepainia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 May 5. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Gagnepainia. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Gagnepainia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2015.

Gagnepainia is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina. All three were initially described in 1895 as members of Hemiorchis, then transferred to the newly created Gagnepainia in 1904.[3]

Gagnepainia godefroyi (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia
Gagnepainia harmandii (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cambodia
Gagnepainia thoreliana (Baill.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Vietnam

The genus was named in 1904 by Karl Moritz Schumann[1][2] for French botanist François Gagnepain, who described many new species from the former colony of French Indochina.[4]
References

IPNI International Plant Name Index: Gagnepainia. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
Schumann, K.M. (1904) Pflanzenr. (Engler) Zingib. 129.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2 by Umberto Quattrocchi