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Taxon:
Zingiber officinale
Roscoe
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Zingiber
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Zingiberoideae
Tribe:
Zingibereae
Nomen number:
42254
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8:348. 1807
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/766831
Verified:
04/01/1999
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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amomum zingiber
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds.
1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Zingiber+officinale&quantity=1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kala, C. P. et al.
2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459.
URL:
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:134.
Newman, M. et al.
2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:159.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Pandotra, P. et al.
2015. A comparative assessment of ISSR, RAPD, IRAP, & REMAP molecular markers in
Zingiber officinale
germplasm characterization. Sci. Hort. 194:201-207.
Note:
ginger, a clonally propagated crop, from 194 sites in India were comparatively analyzed with 47 primer sequences and 4 markers; it obtained an average of 81.9 to 87.8 % polymorphisms; it allowed for recognizing two main germplams clusters all correlated by single or combined techniques
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
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Theilade, I.
1996. Revision of the genus
Zingiber
in Peninsular Malaysia. Gard. Bull. Singapore 48:217-220.
Note:
with two varieties
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Zhao, Y.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Common names
English
ginger –
Reference(s)
French
gingembre –
Reference(s)
German
Ingwer –
Reference(s)
Italian
zenzero –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
shoga –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
gengibre –
Reference(s)
Spanish
jengibre –
Reference(s)
Swedish
ingefära –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
jiang –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
saenggang –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
6
Other
probable origin tropical Asia
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Other
(probable origin tropical Asia)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
spice
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials
essential oils
used in perfumery
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References