Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Alpinia

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

101036

Place of publication:

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31(2):204. 1972

Verified:

10/22/1997 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

Costus zerumbet Pers.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kool, A. et al. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR (on-line resource).
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:35.
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Smith, R. M. 1990. Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a proposed new infrageneric classification. Edinburgh J. Bot. 47:62.
Smith, R. M. 1998. FSA contributions: 11. Zingiberaceae. Bothalia 28:38-39.
Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):61.

Common names

English
light galangal –
pink porcelain-lily –
shellflower –
shell-ginger –
Swedish
jättegalangarot –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	n.e.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
2	Cultivated	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba

Native
Asia-Temperate

Asia-Tropical

Cultivated
Asia-Tropical

Pacific

Southern America

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64.
Medicines	folklore		Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):61.