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Taxon:
Zingiber zerumbet
(L.) Roscoe ex Sm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Zingiber
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Zingiberoideae
Tribe:
Zingibereae
Nomen number:
401412
Place of publication:
Exot. bot. 2:105, t. 112. 1806
Protologue link:
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044106459118?urlappend=%3Bseq=221
Comment:
the plate is dated 1 Nov 1806
Verified:
03/09/1995
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
Amomum zerumbet
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Zingiber aromaticum
Valeton
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Reference(s)
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Ghosh, S. et al.
2011. Species-specific AFLP markers for identification of
Zingiber officinale
,
Z. montanum
and
Z. zerumbet
(Zingiberaceae). Genet. Molec. Res. 10:218-229.
URL:
http://www.funpecrp.com.br/gmr2008b/index.asp
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Kavitha, P. G. & G. Thomas.
2008. Population genetic structure of the clonal plant
Zingiber zerumbet
(L.) Smith (Zingiberaceae), a wild relative of cultivated ginger, and its response to
Pithyum aphanidermatum
. Euphytica 160:89-100.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Newman, M. et al.
2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:162.
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
Theilade, I.
1996. Revision of the genus
Zingiber
in Peninsular Malaysia. Gard. Bull. Singapore 48:227-229.
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
Martinique ginger –
Reference(s)
shampoo ginger –
Reference(s)
wild ginger –
Reference(s)
zerumbet ginger –
Reference(s)
Hawaiian
awapuhi –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
gengibre-amargo –
Reference(s)
Spanish
jengibre –
Reference(s)
jengibre amargo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. in tropics
6
Other
origin unknown
Cultivated
(cult. in tropics)
Other
(origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Food additives
flavoring
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Materials
gum/resin
used in shampoos
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Medicines
folklore
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Medicines
folklore
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Name
References