Taxon: Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm.

Genus:

Etlingera

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

409477

Place of publication:

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43:244. 1986

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

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

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Alpinia elatior Jack
(=) Alpinia magnifica Roscoe
(=) Amomum magnificum ined.
(=) Elettaria speciosa Blume
(≡) Nicolaia elatior (Jack) Horan.
(=) Nicolaia speciosa (Blume) Horan.
(=) Phaeomeria magnifica (Roscoe) K. Schum.
(=) Phaeomeria speciosa (Blume) Koord.

Common names:

Philippine waxflower (Source: Dict Gard) - English
torch-ginger (Source: Dict Gard) - English
kantan (Source: Dict Rehm) - Malay
boca de dragón (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
fackelingefära (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide Mansf Ency)
Environmental: ornamental (fide HortScience 32:914. 1997; Dict Gard)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Laos (possibly native)
MALESIA: Indonesia (possibly native), Malaysia (possibly native), Philippines

Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: Indonesia, [Lesser Sunda Islands] Malaysia

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Kool, A. et al. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR (on-line resource). (L Laos Online)
Luc-Cayol, F. & L. Fereol 1997. ×Alpingera martinica (Zingiberaceae): an intergeneric hybrid between Alpinia purpurata and Etlingera elatior (HortScience) 32:914.
Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia (Blumea) Suppl. 16:75-76.
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

Check other web resources for Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm. :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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=409477. Accessed 17 mayo 2024.