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  1. Family: Zingiberaceae Martinov

    1. Alpinia Roxb.

        2. This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific.

    [FZ]

    Sterculiaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961

    Habit
    Evergreen trees with lepidote branchlets and petiolate simple coriaceous leaves; stipules present.
    Flowers
    Flowers dioecious, in axillary many-flowered panicles; bracts and bracteoles present. Female flowers: perianth as in the male; ovary of 5 connate carpels; styles connate, short; stigmas 5, thick. Male flowers: androphore with 5 anthers at its apex and with a vestigial style protruding through it.
    Calyx
    Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed.
    Corolla
    Petals absent.
    Fruits
    Ripe carpels woody, indehiscent, keeled along the back, 1-seeded.
    Seeds
    Seeds without endosperm; cotyledons very thick.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam

    Introduced into:

    Ascension, Bolivia, Canary Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Korea, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Peru, Puerto Rico, Santa Cruz Is., St.Helena, Trinidad-Tobago, West Himalaya, Windward Is.

    Alpinia Roxb. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    May 1, 2015 Edwards, P.J. [3583], Thailand K000720703
    May 1, 2015 Edwards, P.J. [3583], Thailand K000720705
    May 1, 2015 Edwards, P.J. [3583], Thailand K000720704
    Sands, M.J.S. [467] 13369.008
    Sands, M.J.S. [235], Indonesia 20462.010
    Sands, M.J.S. [595] 26332.028
    Sands, M.J.S. [857], Papua New Guinea 29047.053
    Sands, M.J.S. [549], Indonesia 33386.000
    Sands, M.J.S. [459], Indonesia 3360.038
    Sands, M.J.S. [2294], Papua New Guinea 40567.000
    Sands, M.J.S. [525], Indonesia 6049.296
    Reilly, J. [500], Malaysia 49850.000
    Johns, R.J. [10415], New Guinea 71260.000
    Reilly, J. [267], Malaysia Catimbium 49876.000

    First published in Asiat. Res. 11: 350 (1810)

    Accepted by

    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

    Sources

    Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

    Flora Zambesiaca
    Flora Zambesiaca
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

    Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
    The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0