title: Hemiboea
text: # 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
  