Tapeinochilos is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1869. It is native to Queensland, Papuasia, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku. species 1. \n* Tapeinochilos acaulis K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea 2. \n* Tapeinochilos ananassae (Hassk.) K.Schum. - Queensland, New Guinea, Maluku 3. \n* Tapeinochilos beccarii K.Schum. - Western New Guinea 4. \n* Tapeinochilos dahlii K.Schum - Bismarck Archipelago 5. \n* Tapeinochilos densus K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea 6. \n* Tapeinochilos fissilabrum Gagnep. - Bismarck Archipelago 7. \n* Tapeinochilos globiceps K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea 8. \n* Tapeinochilos hollrungii K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea 9. \n* Tapeinochilos lauterbachii K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea 10. \n* Tapeinochilos naumannii Warb. - Papua New Guinea 11. \n*