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''Hedychium'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the ginger family
Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Af ...
,
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to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become widely naturalized in other lands, and considered invasive in some places.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The genus name ''Hedychium'' is derived from two ancient Greek words, meaning "sweet" and meaning "snow". This refers to the fragrant white flower of the type species '' H. coronarium''. Common names include garland flower, ginger lily, and kahili ginger. Members of the genus ''Hedychium'' are
rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow ho ...
perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wid ...
s, commonly growing tall. Some species are cultivated for their exotic foliage and fragrant spikes of flowers in shades of white, yellow and orange. Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, of which 'Tara' has gained
the Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ( ...
's Award of Garden Merit. Though reasonably hardy down to , it requires a sheltered position and a deep mulch in winter.


Selected species

*''Hedychium aureum'' C.B.Clarke & G.Mann ex Baker *''Hedychium chingmeianum'' N.Odyuo & D.K.Roy *''Hedychium chrysoleucum'' Hook. - gold spot ginger lily *'' Hedychium coccineum'' Buch.-Ham. ex Sm''.'' *''
Hedychium coronarium ''Hedychium coronarium'', the white garland-lily or white ginger lily, is a perennial plant, perennial flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native species, native to the forest understorey of Asia. Other common names include butt ...
'' J.Koenig *''Hedychium deceptum'' N.E.Br. (synonym - ''H. rubrum'') *''
Hedychium densiflorum ''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
'' *''Hedychium elatum'' R.Br. ex Ker Gawl. *'' Hedychium ellipticum'' Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. - shaving brush ginger *''Hedychium flavum'' Roxb. *''
Hedychium flavescens ''Hedychium flavescens'' is a perennial flowering plant from the Zingiberaceae (the ginger family). It is native to the Himalayas, Sichuan, and northern Vietnam, and naturalized in various other lands (South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, India, ...
'' Carey ex Roscoe *Hedychium forrestii Diels (synonym - ''H. dekianum'' A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma *''
Hedychium gardnerianum ''Hedychium gardnerianum'', the Kahili ginger, Kahila garland-lily or ginger lily, is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. It is an erect herbaceous perennial growi ...
'' Sheppard ex Ker Gawl. *''Hedychium gomezianum'' Wall. *''Hedychium gracile'' Roxb. - Salmon ginger lily *''Hedychium greenii'' W.W.Sm. *''Hedychium griersonianum'' R.M.Sm. *''Hedychium griffithianum'' Wall. *''Hedychium larsenii'' Dan & C.S.Kumar *''Hedychium longipedunculatum'' A.R.K.Sastry & D.M.Verma *''Hedychium marginatum'' C.B.Clarke *''Hedychium nagamiense'' Sanoj, M.Sabu & V.P.Thomas *''Hedychium raoii'' *'' Hedychium samuiense'' *''
Hedychium spicatum ''Hedychium spicatum'' is a plant species native to China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southe ...
'' Sm.- called ''kapur kachari'' in Hindi *''Hedychium stenopetalum'' Lodd. *''Hedychium thyrsiforme'' *''Hedychium urophyllum'' Lodd. *''Hedychium villosum'' Wall. *''Hedychium wardii'' C.E.C. Fisch. (synonym - ''H. efilamentosum'' Hand.-Mazz.) *'' Hedychium ziroense'' V.Gowda & Ashokan


Taxonomy and phylogeny

In 2000, Tom Wood et al. published the first phylogeny of the genus ''Hedychium'' represented by 29 taxa.


Reproductive biology

''Hedychium'' has multiple modes of reproduction: sexual, via rhizomes and via
bulbil A bulbil (also referred to as bulbel, bulblet, and/or pup) is a small, young plant that is reproduced vegetatively from axillary buds on the parent plant's stem or in place of a flower on an inflorescence. These young plants are clones of the par ...
s. Some species of ''Hedychium'' are reported to exhibit facultative
vivipary In plants, vivipary occurs when seeds or embryos begin to develop before they detach from the parent. Plants such as some Iridaceae and Agavoideae grow cormlets in the axils of their inflorescences. These fall and in favourable circumstances the ...
.


See also

*
List of plants known as lily Lily usually refers to herbaceous plants of the genus ''Lilium'', with large showy trumpet-shaped flowers. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals. Many other plants not closely related to lilies are called lilies, usually because their flowers ...


References


External links

* http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/Subtropicals.html Zingiberaceae genera {{Zingiberales-stub