Category: Zingiberaceae

Rhynchanthus longiflorus Hook.f. (Assam to Thailand: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO)

Hellenia speciosa (J. Koenig ex Smith) S. Dutta (Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NE. Queensland: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Belize, […]

Hemiorchis pantlingii King (E. Nepal to Sikkim: East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO)     

Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood (E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO) . Larsenianthus, a new Asian genus of Gingers (Zingiberaceae) with four species by W. John Kress, John Mood, Mamiyil Sabu, Linda Prince, Santanu Dey, Edakkandiyil Sanoj- PhytoKeys 1 (2010) : 15-32- Abstract Larsenianthus W.J.Kress & Mood, gen. nov. is described with […]

Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K.Larsen (E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO) . List of species of Caulokaempferia from Gingers of India: Caulokaempferia linearis (Wall.) K. Larsen in Bot. Tidsskr. 60:170. 1964. Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K. Larsen in Bot. Tidsskr. 60:170. 1964.

Keys of S.India species at efi thread; . Amomum aculeatum Roxb. (Andaman Is. to New Guinea: Andaman Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (From POWO)) Amomum aromaticum Roxb. (Nepal to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO (Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen))   Amomum cannicarpum (Wight) Benth. ex Baker (SW. India as per POWO (Meistera cannicarpa (Wight) Škorničk. […]

Boesenbergia hamiltonii Mood, S.Dey & L.M.Prince (Assam to N. Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh as per POWO)   Boesenbergia kingii Mood and L.M. Prince (NE. India to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO) Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze (W. & SW. Myanmar as per POWO)   Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu (Indo-China: Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) […]

Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm. (Introduced) (Peninsula Thailand to W. Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand; Introduced into: Caroline Is., China South-Central, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Maluku, Mauritius, New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sulawesi, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu as per POWO)   Etlingera fenzlii (Kurz) Škorničk. & M.Sabu (Andaman and Nicobar Islands as per POWO) Etlingera linguiformis (Roxb.) R.M.Sm. […]

Zingiber anamalayanum Sujanapal & Sasidh. (SW. India as per POWO)        Zingiber capitatum Roxb. (Himalaya to E. India: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO) Zingiber chrysanthum Roscoe (Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO) Zingiber kangleipakense Kishor & Skornick. (Assam (Manipur) as per POWO)     Zingiber mizoramense Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & S.Sharma (Assam (Mizoram) as per POWO)     […]

Roscoea alpina Royle (N. Pakistan to Himalaya: East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)   Roscoea auriculata K.Schum. (E. Nepal to Sikkim and S. Central Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO)   Roscoea purpurea Sm. (W. & Central Himalaya: Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO)   . List of species of Roscoea from Gingers of India (2006): Roscoea alpina Royle in Ill. Bot. […]

Kaempferia elegans (Wall.) Baker (Cultivated) (China (Sichuan) to Indo-China, Borneo: Borneo, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)       Kaempferia galanga L. (India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: China Southeast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan as per POWO) Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker (Cultivated) (SE. Bangladesh to […]

Hitchenia;         List of species of Hitchenia from Gingers of India : Hitchenia careyana Bth. In Bth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3:643. 1883 Hitchenia caulina (Grah.) Baker in Hook. F., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:224. 1890        

Hedychium calcaratum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma (Assam as per POWO) Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. (Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) as per WCSP)        Hedychium coronarium J.König (Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil […]

Globba macroclada Gagnep. (Central & E. Himalaya: East Himalaya, Nepal; Doubtfully present in: Myanmar as per POWO)             Globba marantina L. (China (S. Yunnan) to Tropical Asia, Queensland (Murray Island): Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, […]

Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (SW. India as per POWO) . List of species of Elettaria from Gingers of India: Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton in Trans. Linn. Soc. 10: 254, t.5. 1811

Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. (Bangladesh to W. Malesia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: India as per POWO)   Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. (Introduced) (Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)   Curcuma amada Roxb. (S. & E. India to Thailand: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO) Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. (Uttarakhand to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: China Southeast as per POWO) Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (Indian Subcontinent to […]

Taxonomic revision of the genus Cautleya (Zingiberaceae) in India with a description of a new variety (pdf)- Kizhakkethil AISHWARYA , Mamiyil SABU- Taiwania 66(1): 79‒88, 2021: Taxonomic key to the taxa of Cautleya: 1a. Leaves petiolate; arils in fruit prominent, completely covering the seeds ……… C. spicata 1b. Leaves sessile; arils in fruit reduced, present […]

Alpinia calcarata (Haw.) Roscoe (S. India, China (Guangdong) to Indo-China: China Southeast, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam; Introduced into: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, St.Helena as per POWO) Alpinia conchigera Griff. (SE. Bangladesh to Sumatera, Philippines: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)   Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. (S. China to W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, […]