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Taxon:  Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.



Summary
Genus:
Alpinia
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
101036
Place of publication:
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31(2):204. 1972
Verified:
10/22/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Costus zerumbet Pers.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alpinia speciosa (J. C. Wendl.) K. Schum.
Languas speciosa (J. C. Wendl.) Small
Zerumbet speciosum J. C. Wendl.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  3. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. Kool, A. et al. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR (on-line resource). URL: http://www.rbge.org.uk/assets/files/science/6.1_Tropical/Checklist.pdf
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:35. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
  8. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64. URL: http://proseanet.org
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  11. Smith, R. M. 1990. Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a proposed new infrageneric classification. Edinburgh J. Bot. 47:62.
  12. Smith, R. M. 1998. FSA contributions: 11. Zingiberaceae. Bothalia 28:38-39.
  13. Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):61. URL: http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
light galangal –
pink porcelain-lily –
shellflower –
shell-ginger –
Swedish
jättegalangarot –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.e.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.e.)
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Tonga
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64. URL: http://proseanet.org
Medicinesfolklore Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):61. URL: http://proseanet.org


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