# Globba

Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.

## Species

Plants of the World Online includes:
* Globba acehensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
* Globba adhaerens Gagnep. - Indochina
* Globba albiflora Ridl. - western Indochina, peninsular Malaysia
* Globba albobracteata N.E.Br. - Sumatra
* Globba amnicola M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba amplectens M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba andersonii C.B.Clarke ex Baker - eastern Himalayas
* Globba angcorensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
* Globba annamensis Gagnep. - Laos, Vietnam
* Globba aranyaniae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand to Laos
* Globba argyrocycnos Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba arracanensis Kurz - northern Myanmar
* Globba atrosanguinea Teijsm. & Binn. - Sumatra, Borneo
* Globba aurantiaca Miq. - Sumatra
* Globba aurea Elmer - Palawan, Busuanga
* Globba bicolor Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
* Globba bokorensis Nob.Tanaka & Tagane - Cambodia
* Globba brachyanthera K.Schum. - Sumatra, Borneo
* Globba bracteolata Wall. ex Baker - Bangladesh, Assam, Myanmar
* Globba brevifolia (K.Schum.) K.Schum. - Luzon
* Globba cambodgensis Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
* Globba campsophylla K.Schum. - Philippines
* Globba candida Gagnep. - Cambodia
* Globba cataractarum Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba cernua Baker - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
* Globba chekiangensis G.Y.Li, Z.H.Chen & G.H.Xia - Zhejiang
* Globba chrysantha Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba chrysochila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba clarkei Baker - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Thailand
* Globba colpicola K.Schum. - Thailand
* Globba conferta M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba corneri A.A.Weber - Malaysia
* Globba curtisii Holttum - Malaysia
* Globba dasycarpa M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba decora Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba depingiana Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding - Yunan
* Globba emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu - Sichuan
* Globba expansa Wall. ex Horan. - Myanmar, Thailand (syn. G. yeatsiana Craib)
* Globba fecunda A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
* Globba flagellaris K.Larsen - Thailand
* Globba flavibracteata A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
* Globba fragilis S.N.Lim - Thailand, Langkawi
* Globba francisci Ridl. - Sabah, Sarawak
* Globba garrettii Kerr - Thailand
* Globba geoffrayi Gagnep. - Cambodia
* Globba glandulosa Ridl. - Sarawak
* Globba globulifera Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam
* Globba gracilis K.Schum. - Mindanao
* Globba grandis Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba hasseltii Boerl. - Sumatra
* Globba hilaris Sangvir. - Indochina
* Globba holttumii S.N.Lim - Malaysia
* Globba impar M.F.Newman & H.Ð.Trần - Vietnam
* Globba insectifera Ridl. - Myanmar, Thailand (syn. G. kerrii Craib, G. nuda K.Larsen)
* Globba integra Ridl. - Thailand
* Globba × intermedia S.N.Lim - Malaysia (G. cernua × G. patens)
* Globba janae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Laos
* Globba kanchigandhii A.Joe & M.Sabu - Assam (Nagaland)
* Globba keithii Ridl. - Thailand
* Globba laeta K.Larsen - Myanmar, Thailand
* Globba lancangensis Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan
* Globba larsenii Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba latifolia Ridl. - Philippines
* Globba leucantha Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
* Globba lilacina Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Philippines
* Globba lithophila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba longiligulata Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba luteola Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba macrocarpa Gagnep. - Indochina
* Globba macrochila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Nepal, eastern Himalayas
* Globba macroclada Gagnep. - Java
* Globba maculata Blume - widespread through the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.) as well as Yunnan, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Mer ( = Murray Island in Queensland)
* Globba magnibracteata Y.Y.Sam - Yunnan
* Globba marantina L. - widespread in Tropical Asia to Queensland - type species
* Globba menglianensis Y.Y.Qian - Myanmar
* Globba mogokensis W.W.Sm. & S.C.Banerji - Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar
* Globba mollis Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Sumatra
* Globba multiflora Wall. ex Baker - Borneo
* Globba multifolia A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
* Globba muluensis R.M.Sm. - Borneo
* Globba nawawii Ibrahim & K.Larsen - Terengganu
* Globba newmanii Sangvir. - Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
* Globba nisbetiana Craib - Thailand
* Globba nitens Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba nitida M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba obscura K.Larsen - Thailand
* Globba orixensis Roxb. - Bangladesh, eastern India, Myanmar
* Globba paniculata Valeton - Sumatra
* Globba parva Gagnep. - Indochina
* Globba parviflora C.Presl - Philippines
* Globba patens Miq. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
* Globba pauciflora King ex Baker - Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
* Globba pelecanthera Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand, Laos
* Globba pendula Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, western Indonesia, Malaysia, Andaman Islands
* Globba philippinensis Naive, J.A.G.Dalisay, Bangcaya & Sangvir. - Philippines
* Globba platystachya Baker - southern India
* Globba poomae Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba praecox K.J.Williams & Paisooks. - Thailand
* Globba praetermissa J.Y.Jin, L.Bai & N.H.Xia - Yunnan
* Globba propinqua Ridl. - Borneo
* Globba pumila Ridl. - Sarawak
* Globba purpurascens Craib - Thailand
* Globba pycnostachys Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Thailand
* Globba pyramidata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam, Mindanao
* Globba pyrrhopoikila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Sumatra
* Globba racemosa Sm. - Himalayas, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
* Globba radicalis Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
* Globba rahmanii Yusof - Bangladesh
* Globba ranongensis Picheans. & Tiyaw. - Thailand
* Globba reflexa Craib - Thailand
* Globba rosea Gagnep. - Laos
* Globba ruiliensis X.D.Ma, W.G.Wang & J.Y.Shen - Yunnan
* Globba rupestris Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Laos
* Globba salarkhanii (M.A.Rahman & Yusuf) Govaerts - Bangladesh
* Globba schomburgkii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Indochina
* Globba securifer Sangvir. & M.F.Newman - Cambodia
* Globba sessiliflora Sims - India, Myanmar, Thailand
* Globba sherwoodiana W.J.Kress & V.Gowda - Assam, Myanmar
* Globba siamensis (Hemsl.) Hemsl. - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
* Globba sirirugsae Saensouk & P.Saensouk - Thailand
* Globba spathulata Roxb. - eastern Himalayas
* Globba subscaposa Collett & Hemsl. - Myanmar
* Globba substrigosa King ex Baker - Myanmar, Thailand
* Globba talangensis A.Takano & H.Okada - Sumatra
* Globba tembatensis Y.Y.Sam & Julius - Malaysia
* Globba thorelii Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
* Globba tricolor Ridl. - Borneo
* Globba unifolia Ridl. - Malaysia, Thailand
* Globba urophylla K.Schum. - Maluku
* Globba ustulata Gagnep. - Balabac, Vietnam
* Globba variabilis Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
* Globba verecunda M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba virginea I.M.Turner - N. & W. Sumatra
* Globba wardii (B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.) K.J.Williams - Mizoram, Myanmar
* Globba wengeri (C.E.C.Fisch.) K.J.Williams - Assam, Myanmar
* Globba williamsiana M.F.Newman & Sangvir. - Thailand
* Globba winitii C.H.Wright - Thailand, Myanmar
* Globba xantholeuca Craib - Thailand