GENUS Tapeinochilos

Tapeinochilos is a genus of Costaceae from New Guinea and the other Malanesian Islands to tropical Australia. They are characterized by highly branching stems and either terminal or basal inflorescences. They differ from Cheilocostus primarily by having very small tubular flowers instead of spreading labellums. The botanical study of these plants is quite limited, with the best and most recent being a 1996 monograph by Dr. Osia Gideon of Papua, New Guinea as his doctoral dissertation.
Although the flowers are small (and even seldom noticed), the bracts are often very showy and long lasting making a few species quite popular as ornamental plantings in tropical locations or in greenhouses.

SHOWN IN PHOTO: Tapeinochilos recurvatum

CONTINENT	CURRENT NAME	PROPOSED NAME	STATUS	DATASHEET	PHOTO PAGE

Malanesian	Tapeinochilos	Tapeinochilos	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos acaulis	Tapeinochilos acaulis	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos ananassae	Tapeinochilos ananassae	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos beccarii	Tapeinochilos beccarii	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos brassii	Tapeinochilos brassii	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos dahlii	Tapeinochilos dahlii	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos densum	Tapeinochilos densum	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos fissilabrum	Tapeinochilos fissilabrum	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos globiceps	Tapeinochilos globiceps	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos hollrungii	Tapeinochilos hollrungii	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos kalkmanii	Tapeinochilos kalkmanii	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos koordersianus	Tapeinochilos koordersianus	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos lauterbachii	Tapeinochilos lauterbachii	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos naumannii	Tapeinochilos naumannii	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos piniformis	Tapeinochilos piniformis	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos pubescens	Tapeinochilos pubescens	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos recurvatum	Tapeinochilos recurvatum	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos solomonensis	Tapeinochilos solomonensis	accepted	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos spectabilis	Tapeinochilos spectabilis	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos tomentosus	Tapeinochilos tomentosus	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos versteegii	Tapeinochilos versteegii	accepted	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos microstrobile	Tapeinochilos microstrobile	unknown	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos moluccan	Tapeinochilos moluccan	unknown	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos novaebudaensis	Tapeinochilos novaebudaensis	unknown	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos palustris	Tapeinochilos palustris	unknown	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos pinnatiformis 'Holrungii'	Tapeinochilos pinnatiformis 'Holrungii'	unknown	DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos pungens	Tapeinochilos pungens	unknown	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos pungens var queenslandiae	Tapeinochilos pungens var queenslandiae	unknown	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos queenslandiae	Tapeinochilos queenslandiae	unknown	DESCRIPTION
Malanesian	Tapeinochilos valetonii	Tapeinochilos valetonii	unknown	DESCRIPTION