Globba albiflora

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|image=Globba albiflora var aurea CTNP RPB.jpg

|image_caption=G. albiflora var. aurea taken in Cat Tien National Park

|status=NT

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Sangvirotjanapat, S. |date=2020 |title=Globba albiflora |volume=2020 |page=e.T132769373A132688864 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T132769373A132688864.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|genus=Globba

|species=albiflora

|authority=Ridl.Ridley HN (1899) In: J. Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society 32: 96

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Globba albiflora is a small plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, sometimes called dancing ladies. This species can be found in Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra; in Viet Nam the genus may likewise be called gừng vũ nữ or lô ba.

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The variety called G. albiflora var. aurea Holttum{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/9746294|author=Roskov Y.|author2= Kunze T.|author3=Orrell T.|author4=Abucay L.|author5=Paglinawan L.|author6=Culham A.|author7=Bailly N.|author8=Kirk P.|author9=Bourgoin T.|author10=Baillargeon G.|author11=Decock W.|author12=De Wever A.|editor=Didžiulis V.|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|year=2014|accessdate=4 August 2018}} is now Globba newmanii {{Au|Sangvir.}}.