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Taxon:  Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe



Summary
Genus:
Hedychium
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Zingiberoideae
Tribe:
Zingibereae
Nomen number:
18580
Place of publication:
Monandr. pl. Scitam. t. 50. 1824 (C. Loddiges et al., Bot. cab. 8: t. 723. 1823, nom. nud.)
Comment:
by binding decision, to be treated as not validly published by Loddiges in 1823 (Shenzhen ICN 38.4 & App. VI)
Verified:
12/18/2019 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
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Reference(s)
  1. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  8. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  9. Smith, R. M. 1998. FSA contributions: 11. Zingiberaceae. Bothalia 28:38. Note: naturalized
  10. Turner, I. M. 2015. (30–41) Requests for binding decisions on the descriptive statements associated with 12 species in Conrad Loddiges and Sons’ The Botanical Cabinet. Taxon 64:1333-1335.
  11. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  12. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  13. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Common names
English
cream-ginger –
yellow ginger-lily –
yellow-ginger –
Afrikaans
geelgemmerlelie –
French
longoze –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.e.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics & subtropics
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.e.), Nepal
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed  Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18580. Accessed 23 May 2025.