Taxon: Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum.

Genus:

Alpinia

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

2674

Place of publication:

H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. IV. 46(Heft 20):323. 1904

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

22-oct-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 19-sep-2017

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Guillainia purpurata Vieill.

Common names:

red-ginger (Source: Dict Gard) - English
röd galangarot (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Hortscience 32:914. 1997)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Pacific

SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia, Vanuatu

Cultivated

(widely cult. in tropics)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)

Check other web resources for Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum. :

ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2674. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.