Tapeinochilos

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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| image_caption = Tapeinochilos ananassae

| taxon = Tapeinochilos

| authority = Miq.

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| synonyms =

• Tapeinocheilos Miq., spelling variant
• Tubutubua Post & Kuntze

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Tapeinochilos is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1869.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/661105#page/115/mode/1up Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1869. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 4: 101-102] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010068 Tropicos, Tapeinochilos Miq.]Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163 It is native to Queensland, Papuasia, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=267920 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] Centered in Papua New Guinea, only three of the approximately 16 species occur outside of the country.Bryan, J.E., Shearman, P.L. (Eds.). 2015. The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014: Measuring change over the period 2002-2014. University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.