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Hellenia Sopuensis
''Hellenia'' is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland. The type species was "''H. grandiflora''" Retz., which is a synonym of '' Hellenia speciosa''. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes the following (with some botanistsLeong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name ''Cheilocostus'' against ''Hellenia'' and ''Tsiana'' (Costaceae). ''Taxon'' (2482) 65: 1426-1427. preferring to retain the genus ''Cheilocostus''): * ''Hellenia borneensis'' (A.D.Poulsen) Govaerts * ''Hellenia globosa'' (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java * ''Hellenia lacera'' (Gagnep.) Govaerts * '' Hellenia sopuensis'' (Maas & H.Maas) Govaerts * '' Hellenia speciosa'' (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta (synonym ''Cheilocostus speciosus'') - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia
''Alpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates.''Alpinia''. Flora of China. Several species are cultivated as s.''Alpinia''. Flora of North America. Species of the genus are known generally as shell ginger. Description These herbs lack t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsiana
''Hellenia'' is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland. The type species was "''H. grandiflora''" Retz., which is a synonym of '' Hellenia speciosa''. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes the following (with some botanistsLeong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name ''Cheilocostus'' against ''Hellenia'' and '' Tsiana'' (Costaceae). ''Taxon'' (2482) 65: 1426-1427. preferring to retain the genus ''Cheilocostus''): * '' Hellenia borneensis'' (A.D.Poulsen) Govaerts * '' Hellenia globosa'' (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java * '' Hellenia lacera'' (Gagnep.) Govaerts * '' Hellenia sopuensis'' (Maas & H.Maas) Govaerts * '' Hellenia speciosa'' (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta (synonym ''Cheilocostus speciosus'') - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia Arctiflora
''Alpinia arctiflora'' is a plant in the ginger family ( Zingiberaceae) endemic to Queensland. Description ''Alpinia arctiflora'' is a rhizomatous herb, meaning that the stem takes the form of an underground rhizome with only the leafy shoots and flowers appearing above ground. It grows to around high, each shoot carrying a number of lanceolate leaves on short petioles, each about long by wide. The inflorescence is an erect terminal panicle about long. The white flowers have a pale green to cream calyx about long, a white corolla tube about long, and a distinctive broad labellum, tinted with yellow in the centre, about long and wide. The fruit is a somewhat cylindical dehiscent capsule to long. The calyx persists at the tip of the capsule, and it holds numerous black or brown seeds about diameter. It is green at first, turning grey/brown at maturity. Phenology Flowering occurs from August to April and the fruits ripen from February to August. Taxonomy The snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia Aquatica
''Alpinia aquatica'', aquatic ginger, is a species of ginger native from South India to Western Malesia. It was first described by Anders Jahan Retzius Anders Jahan Retzius (3 October 1742 – 6 October 1821) was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist. Biography Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund University in 1758, where he graduated as a filosofie magister in 1766. He also tr ... and renamed by William Roscoe. References Roscoe, 1807 ''In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 346'' aquatica {{Monocot-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia Nigra
''Alpinia nigra'' (synonyms ''Alpinia allughas'' Retz. and ''Zingiber nigrum'' Gaertn.) is a medium-sized herb belonging to the ginger family. The rhizome is well known in many Asian cultures as a medicinal and culinary item. In many Asian tribal communities it is a part of the diet along with rice. It is endemic to south-east Asia including Bhutan, China, India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka. In India it is found mainly in the hillocks and riversides of northeastern states such as Assam, Mizoram and Tripura. Description ''Alpinia nigra'' is a biennial herbaceous plant. It is morphologically characterized by the presence of a rhizome, simple, wide-brim leaves protected by showy bracts, and terminal inflorescences. It has a soft, leafy stem about 1.5–3 m high. Leaves are sessile or subsessile, elongated and pointed at the end. Its leaves are single cotyledons, shaped to look like a pike, about 7–9 cm wide, and about 20–40 cm long. The fruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia Galanga
''Alpinia galanga'', a plant in the ginger family, bears a rhizome used largely as an herb in Unani medicine and as a spice in Arab cuisine and Southeast Asian cookery. It is one of four plants known as "galangal". Its common names include greater galangal, lengkuas, and blue ginger. Names The name "galangal" is probably derived from Persian ''qulanjan'' or Arabic ''khalanjan'', which in turn may be an adaptation of Chinese ''gao liang jiang''. Its names in North India are derived from the same root, including ''kulanja'' in Sanskrit, ''kulanjan'' in Hindi, and ''kholinjan'' in Urdu. The name "lengkuas", on the other hand, is derived from Malay ''lengkuas'', which is derived from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian ''*laŋkuas'', with cognates including Ilokano ''langkuás''; Tagalog, Bikol, Kapampangan, Visayan, and Manobo ''langkáuas'' or ''langkáwas''; Aklanon ''eangkawás''; Kadazan Dusun ''hongkuas''; Ida'an ''lengkuas''; Ngaju Dayak ''langkuas''; and Iban ''eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia Chinensis
''Alpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates.''Alpinia''. Flora of China. Several species are cultivated as s.''Alpinia''. Flora of North America. Species of the genus are known generally as shell ginger. Description These herbs lac ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plagiostachys
''Plagiostachys'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin .... ; species References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2711932 Alpinioideae Zingiberaceae genera * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornstedtia
''Hornstedtia'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, New Guinea, Melanesia and Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ .... ; species References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2711925 Zingiberaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheilocostus Speciosus
''Cheilocostus speciosus'', or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym '' Hellenia speciosa'' for this species. It is native to southeast Asia and surrounding regions, from India to China to Queensland, It is especially common on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is also reportedly naturalized in Puerto Rico, Mauritius, Réunion, Fiji, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Belize, Melanesia, Micronesia, and the West Indies. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Description ''Cheilocostus speciosus'' and other members of the Costaceae differ from gingers by having only one row of spirally arranged leaves. The species reproduces vegetatively by rhizome, and birds disperse the seeds when they feed on the fruits. This plant is cultivated in South Asia and Southeast Asia for its medicinal uses, and is cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. In some areas ''Cheilocostus speciosus'' is introduced and has become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenia Sopuensis
''Hellenia'' is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland. The type species was "''H. grandiflora''" Retz., which is a synonym of '' Hellenia speciosa''. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes the following (with some botanistsLeong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name ''Cheilocostus'' against ''Hellenia'' and ''Tsiana'' (Costaceae). ''Taxon'' (2482) 65: 1426-1427. preferring to retain the genus ''Cheilocostus''): * ''Hellenia borneensis'' (A.D.Poulsen) Govaerts * ''Hellenia globosa'' (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java * ''Hellenia lacera'' (Gagnep.) Govaerts * '' Hellenia sopuensis'' (Maas & H.Maas) Govaerts * '' Hellenia speciosa'' (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta (synonym ''Cheilocostus speciosus'') - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenia Lacera
''Hellenia'' is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland. The type species was "''H. grandiflora''" Retz., which is a synonym of '' Hellenia speciosa''. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes the following (with some botanistsLeong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name ''Cheilocostus'' against ''Hellenia'' and ''Tsiana'' (Costaceae). ''Taxon'' (2482) 65: 1426-1427. preferring to retain the genus ''Cheilocostus''): * ''Hellenia borneensis'' (A.D.Poulsen) Govaerts * ''Hellenia globosa'' (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java * '' Hellenia lacera'' (Gagnep.) Govaerts * '' Hellenia sopuensis'' (Maas & H.Maas) Govaerts * '' Hellenia speciosa'' (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta (synonym ''Cheilocostus speciosus'') - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
