Category: Hedychium

Hedychium densiflorum Wall., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 368 (1853) (syn: Gandasulium densiflorum (Wall.) Kuntze; Hedychium sinoaureum Stapf ); . Nepal to E. Tibet: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Hardy Ginger Lily • Nepali: ढुंगलहाप्ती Dhungalhapti . Hedychium densiflorum Wall.: 6 very high res. images. Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu Date: 20 […]

Hedychium greenii W.W.Sm., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 272 (1911); . E. Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Scarlet Ginger • Mizo: Ainawn . Hedychium greenii images.: 4 images. Location : Reiek & Sairep, Mizoram Altitude : 1,000 – 1,500 m Date : 16-07-2018 to 22-09-2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : […]

Hedychium griffithianum Wall., in Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 369 (1853) (syn: Gandasulium griffithianum (Wall.) Kuntze; Hedychium griffithianum var. glanduligerum C.B.Clarke ex Baker); . Assam to Thailand: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Hedychium glaucum Roscoe: 10 images. Location: Taplejung, East Nepal  Date: August 2023 Elevation: 1100 m. Habit : Wild Images sent by a friend, Mr. Sajan […]

Hedychium deceptum N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 71: 209 (1922). (syn: Hedychium rubrum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma); . Assam as per POWO; . Re: Red flower in groups : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Location Kalimpong Darjeeling West Bengal Cultivated?  Could be Hedychium rubrum. http://www.flowersofindia.Red%20Ginger%20Lily.html Thank you very much. Hedychium rubrum is confirmed. Pl check […]

Hedychium chingmeianum Nripemo Odyuo, Dilip Kumar Roy, Telopea Vol 20 (2017); . Hedychium chingmeianum (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Nagaland, India : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – Hedychium sp. nov.-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf- 1 MB. Please find attached a PDF of a recently published paper as above which may be found useful. . Discoveries 2017: […]

Hedychium villosum Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 12 1820. (syn: Hedychium villosum var. lanceolatum Regel); . E. Nepal to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS March/16/01 Hedychium sp. for ID : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : […]

Hedychium ellipticum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., Cycl. 16: 2 1811. (Syn: Gandasulium ellipticum (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Kuntze; Hedychium fastigiatum Voigt [Illegitimate]); . Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; .  Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Hedychium ellipticum (Zingiberaceae) for validation from Uttarakhand_DSR_28 : 5 posts […]

Hedychium venustum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. t. 2012 1853. (syn: Gandasulium venustum (Wight) Kuntze; Hedychium cernuum Wight); . S. India (Nilgiri Hills), Myanmar as per POWO; . Stem 60-120 cm high, oblique or suberect, densely clustered. Leaves to 40 x 12 cm, elliptic, caudate, base acute, glandular above, scarcely hairy below. Spike terminal, to […]

Hedychium calcaratum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 120 1969 publ. 1971. ; . Assam as per POWO; . ID please 21092012 SR-1: 2 correct images as above. ID please Date-16.08.2012 Place-Lava, Darjeeling, West Bengal Habitat-Wild Leaves are similar to zinger. I think Hedychium gardnerianum (Zingiberaceae). I have another two pictures of this […]

Hedychium stenopetalum Lodd., Bot. Cab. 20: t. 1902 1833. (Syn: Hedychium barbatum Wall. [Invalid]; Hedychium elatum var. orgyale Horan.); . Bhutan to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . ID please from Jeypur RF, Assam: Please identify this Zingiber species. Plants big, 1-2m long, flowering in the month of May. Photo taken […]

Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 9: t. 774 1824. (Syn: Gamochilus speciosus T.Lestib.; Hedychium gardnerianum var. fasciatum K.Koch; Hedychium gardnerianum var. pallidum (Regel) Baker; Hedychium pallidum Regel); . Nepal to Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Ascension, Azores, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, […]

Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., Cycl. 17: 5 1811. (syn: Gandasulium angustifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze; Gandasulium coccineum (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Kuntze; Hedychium angustifolium Roxb.; Hedychium aurantiacum Roscoe; Hedychium carneum Roscoe; Hedychium coccineum var. angustifolium (Roxb.) Baker ….; Hedychium longifolium Roscoe; Hedychium roscoei Wall. ex Roscoe; Hedychium squarrosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.); . Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, […]

Hedychium thyrsiforme Sm., Cycl. 17: 4 1811. (Syn: Gandasulium thyrsiforme (Sm.) Kuntze; Hedychium heteromallum Ker Gawl.; Hedychium tocucho Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.); . Himalaya to E. India and Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; .. Ginger lily, pincushion ginger or frilly white ginger; , Hedychium sp. for ID (Zingiberaceae) […]

Hedychium spicatum Sm., Cycl. 17: 8 1811. (Syn: Gandasulium sieboldii (Wall.) Kuntze; Gandasulium spicatum (Sm.) Kuntze; Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe; Hedychium album Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Hedychium flavescens Lodd. ex Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Hedychium sieboldii Wall.; Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum (Roscoe) Wall.; Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum C.B.Clarke ex Baker; Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum (Wall. ex Roscoe) Wall.; Hedychium […]

Hedychium marginatum C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 75 1889. ; . Assam to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar as per POWO;. Common name: Yellow Butterfly Ginger .   Flora of Manipur: Hedychium marginatum :  Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Hedychium marginatum (Zingiberaceae), a potential wild ornamental, is not uncommon in Manipur especially along forest borders. […]

Hedychium hookeri C.B.Clarke ex Baker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 230 1892.; . Assam to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, Myanmar as per POWO; . Id of this Zingiber from Arunachal Pradesh : Attachments (7). 6 posts by 4 authors. Pl help me identifying this zingiber from Arunachal Pradesh. Date/Time- May, 2008. Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Sagaali; […]

Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 50 1824. (Syn: Gandasulium peregrinum (N.E.Br.) Kuntze; Hedychium coronarium var. flavescens (Carey ex Roscoe) Baker; Hedychium coronarium var. subditum (Turrill) Naik; Hedychium emeiense Z.Y.Zhu; Hedychium panzhuum Z.Y.Zhu; Hedychium subditum Turrill); . E. Nepal to China (Sichuan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tuamotu, Vietnam; Introduced […]

Hedychium coronarium J.König, Observ. Bot. 3: 73 1783. (Syn: Amomum filiforme Hunter ex Ridl.; Gandasulium coronarium (J.König) Kuntze; Gandasulium lingulatum (Hassk.) Kuntze; Hedychium chrysoleucum Hook.; Hedychium coronarium var. baimao Z.Y. Zhu ..; Hedychium gandasulium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Hedychium lingulatum Hassk.; Hedychium maximum Roscoe; Hedychium prophetae Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Hedychium spicatum Lodd. [Illegitimate]; Hedychium sulphureum Wall. [Invalid]; […]