Hemiboea

Hemiboea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.

Its native range is from Eastern Himalayas to Nansei-shoto (the Ryukyu Islands) and Vietnam. It is found in the regions of China, East Himalayas, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The genus name of Hemiboea is in honour of François Beau (1723–1804), a clergyman. It was first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.18: on table 1798 in 1888.

Species
According to Kew:


 * Hemiboea albiflora X.G.Xiang, Z.Y.Guo & Z.W.Wu
 * Hemiboea angustifolia F.Wen & Y.G.Wei
 * Hemiboea bicornuta (Hayata) Ohwi
 * Hemiboea cavaleriei H.Lév.
 * Hemiboea crystallina Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen
 * Hemiboea fangii Chun ex Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea flaccida Chun ex Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea follicularis C.B.Clarke
 * Hemiboea gamosepala Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea glandulosa Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea gracilis Franch.
 * Hemiboea integra C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li
 * Hemiboea latisepala H.W.Li
 * Hemiboea longgangensis Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea longisepala Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea longzhouensis W.T.Wang
 * Hemiboea lutea F.Wen, G.Y.Liang & Y.G.Wei
 * Hemiboea magnibracteata Y.G.Wei & H.Q.Wen
 * Hemiboea malipoensis Y.H.Tan
 * Hemiboea mollifolia W.T.Wang
 * Hemiboea omeiensis W.T.Wang
 * Hemiboea ovalifolia (W.T.Wang) A.Weber & Mich.Möller
 * Hemiboea parvibracteata W.T.Wang & Z.Yu Li
 * Hemiboea parviflora Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea pingbianensis Z.Y.Li
 * Hemiboea pseudomagnibracteata B.Pan & W.H.Wu
 * Hemiboea pterocaulis (Z.Yu Li) Jie Huang, X.G.Xiang & Q.Zhang
 * Hemiboea purpurea Yan Liu & W.B.Xu
 * Hemiboea purpureotincta (W.T.Wang) A.Weber & Mich.Möller
 * Hemiboea roseoalba S.B.Zhou, Xin Hong & F.Wen
 * Hemiboea rubribracteata Z.Yu Li & Yan Liu
 * Hemiboea sinovietnamica W.B.Xu & X.Y.Zhuang
 * Hemiboea strigosa Chun ex W.T.Wang & K.Y.Pan
 * Hemiboea subacaulis Hand.-Mazz.
 * Hemiboea subcapitata C.B.Clarke
 * Hemiboea suiyangensis Z.Y.Li, S.W.Li & X.G.Xiang
 * Hemiboea thanhhoensis C.H.Nguyen, Aver. & F.Wen
 * Hemiboea wangiana Z.Yu Li