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Taxon:
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Etlingera
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
409477
Place of publication:
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43:244. 1986
Verified:
10/09/1997
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
Alpinia elatior
Jack
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Nicolaia elatior
(Jack) Horan.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alpinia magnifica
Roscoe
Amomum magnificum
ined.
Elettaria speciosa
Blume
Nicolaia speciosa
(Blume) Horan.
Phaeomeria magnifica
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
Phaeomeria speciosa
(Blume) Koord.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
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#
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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
Luc-Cayol, F. & L. Fereol.
1997. ×
Alpingera martinica
(Zingiberaceae): an intergeneric hybrid between
Alpinia purpurata
and
Etlingera elatior
. HortScience 32:914.
Newman, M. et al.
2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:75-76.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
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
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Common names
English
Philippine waxflower –
Reference(s)
torch-ginger –
Reference(s)
Malay
kantan –
Reference(s)
Spanish
boca de dragón –
Reference(s)
Swedish
fackelingefära –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
possibly native
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
possibly native
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
possibly native
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
widely cult. elsewhere in tropics
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDO-CHINA:
Laos
(possibly native)
MALESIA:
Indonesia
(possibly native),
Malaysia
(possibly native),
Philippines
Cultivated
REGION:
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Lesser Sunda Islands],
Malaysia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Luc-Cayol, F. & L. Fereol.
1997. ×
Alpingera martinica
(Zingiberaceae): an intergeneric hybrid between
Alpinia purpurata
and
Etlingera elatior
. HortScience 32:914.
Food additives
flavoring
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#
Name
References