Vanoverberghia


Vanoverberghia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, named after Morice Vanoverbergh, 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.
  • Vanoverberghia sasakiana Funak. & H.Ohashi - Taiwan and Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia sepulchrei Merr. - Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia (Alpinia) diversifolia Elmer - Luzon, Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia rubrobracteata Docot & Ambida - Philippines
  • Vanoverberghia (Alpinia) vanoverberghii Funak. & Docot - Philippines