SuperOrdo
Zingiberanae
Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
Ordo
Zingiberales
Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.
Familia
Strelitziaceae
(K. Schum.) Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 72. 1934. common name:
Bird-of-Paradises
Subfamilia
Alpinioideae
Link
pub. Handbuch 1: 228. Jan-Aug 1829.
Tribus
Alpinieae
A. Rich. in Orb.
pub. Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 1: 299. 18 Dec 1841.
Genus
Alpinia
Roxb.
pub. (1810) common name:
alpinia
Named members of the Genus Alpinia
1
Species
antillarua
auct. non Roemer & J.A. Schultes
syn. Renealmia jamaicensis var. puberula
2
Species
aromatica
Aubl.
syn. Renealmia occidentalis
3
Species
exaltata
(L. f.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
syn. Renealmia alpinia
4
Species
galanga
(L.) Sw.
common name:
greater galangal
5
Species
jamaicensis
Gaertn. p.p.
syn. Renealmia jamaicensis var. puberula
6
Species
mutica
Roxb.
common name:
small shell ginger
7
Species
occidentalis
Sw.
syn. Renealmia occidentalis
8
Species
officinarum
Hance
common name:
lesser galangal, gao liang (Chinese), galingal
9
Species
purpurata
(Vieill.) K. Schum.
common name:
red ginger
10
Species
speciosa
(Wendl.) K. Schum.
syn. Alpinia zerumbet
11
Species
spicata
Jacq.
syn. Costus spicatus
12
Species
zerumbet
(Pers.) Burtt & R.M. Sm.
common name:
shellplant
Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with
The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.
Additional information is available in the commercial version
of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.
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