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Taxon ID: 68,800 Total records: 39,143

Zingiber zerumbet

Country

Country Viet Nam
Continent Ocean Asia

Classification

Kingdom Plantae (COL)
Phylum Tracheophyta (COL)
Class Liliopsida (COL)
Order Zingiberales (COL)
Family Zingiberaceae (COL)

Taxonomy

Genus Zingiber Reference
SubGenus Vernacular Name
Species zerumbet IUCN Threat Status-Year Not Evaluated, 2000
SubSpecies Nat'l Threat Status-Year Not Evaluated, 2000
Infraspecies Reason for Change
Infraspecies Rank CITES
Taxonomic Group Plants Native Status Not known
Scientific Name Author (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. Country Distribution Viet Nam
Citation Description Comprehensive Description Brief learn more about this article Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) © India Biodiversity Portal Source: India Biodiversity Portal TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Distribution National Distribution learn more about this article United States Origin: Exotic Regularity: Regularly occurring Currently: Unknown/Undetermined Confidence: Confident Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 (CC BY-NC 3.0) © NatureServe Source: NatureServe TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article learn more about this article " Global Distribution India, Sri Lanka and Malesia Indian distribution State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts " Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) © India Biodiversity Portal Source: India Biodiversity Portal TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article learn more about this article introduced; Fla.; native, Asia (India and the Malay Peninsula). Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article learn more about this article Himalaya, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula; widely cultivated in Old World tropics. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Morphology Elevation Range learn more about this article 150 m Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Description learn more about this article Rhizomes yellowish inside, tuberous. Pseudostems 0.6--2 m. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; ligule entire, 1.5--2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 15--40 × 3--8 cm, glabrescent or abaxially somewhat pilose, base narrowed, apex acuminate. Inflorescences arising from rhizomes, conical or ovoid-oblong, 6--15 × 3.5--5 cm, apex obtuse; peduncle 10--30 cm, scalelike sheaths 5--7; bracts closely imbricate, green when young, red when old, slightly hairy, slimy adaxially, margin membranous; bracteoles ca. 1.5 cm. Calyx 1.2--2 cm, membranous, split on 1 side, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube 2--3 cm, slender; lobes pale yellow, lanceolate, central one 1.5--2.5 cm. Labellum pale yellow, ca. 1.5 × 2.5 cm; central lobe suborbicular or subobovate, 1.5--2 × ca. 1.5 cm, apex emarginate; lateral lobes obovate, ca. 1 cm, free nearly to base. Stamen ca. 1 cm; connective appendage beaklike, ca. 8 mm. Ovary ca. 4 mm, glabrous. Capsule ellipsoid, 0.8--1.2 cm. Seeds black. Fl. Jul--Sep, fr. Oct. 2 n = 22*. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Description learn more about this article Leaf blades oblanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 30--32 ´ 6--7 cm (smaller distally). Inflorescences erect, 7--11 ´ [3--]5--6 cm; bracts of main axis green when young, becoming red; proximal bracts reniform or very broadly ovate, concave, 2--3 ´ 3--4 cm, apex broadly rounded; distal bracts smaller but otherwise similar to proximal bracts, ca. 1 ´ 2 cm. Flowers: perianth and staminodes pale yellow. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Diagnostic Description Diagnostic learn more about this article "Rhizomatous herbs; stem upto 1.2 m tall. Leaves 15-35 x 4-7.5 cm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acuminate, pubescent below; ligule to 2.5 cm long. Peduncle 20-35 cm long; sheath to 6 cm long, oblong, apex rounded. Spikes 5-8 x 3.5 - 6 cm, ovoid or oblong; bracts 2-3.5 x 1.5-2 cm, broadly ovate, rounded, margin membranous, green, turning blood-red on maturity. Flowers white. Calyx tube 1-1.5 cm long, 3-lobed. Corolla to 2.5 cm long, dorsal lobe ovate-acuminate. Labellum c. 2 x 2 cm, 3-lobed, mid-lobe suborbicular, lateral lobes ovate, c. 1.2 cm long. Capsule 2-2.5 x c. 1 cm, oblong. Seeds 2-3 mm across, globose." Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) © India Biodiversity Portal Source: India Biodiversity Portal TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Synonym learn more about this article Amomum zerumbet Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 1. 1753. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Synonym learn more about this article Amomum zerumbet Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 1. 1753 F I Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article ECOLOGY Habitat General Habitat learn more about this article Evergreen forests Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) © India Biodiversity Portal Source: India Biodiversity Portal TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article learn more about this article Disturbed areas; 50m. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Habitat & Distribution learn more about this article Moist places in forests. Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA Source: Missouri Botanical Garden TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article LIFE HISTORY AND BEHAVIOR Cyclicity learn more about this article Flowering and fruiting: July-November Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) © India Biodiversity Portal Source: India Biodiversity Portal TRUSTED article rating from 0 people Default rating: 2.5 of 5 comment on or rate this article Flowering/Fruiting learn more about this article Flowering fall (Oct). 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Date Last Modified 2017-08-29 14:35:59
Institution Code ACBBISS-VN
Collection Code 68800
Catalog Number ACBBISS-VN-68800
Record URL http://eol.org/pages/987220/overview; http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016/details/species/id/9cf4470af3a1d50fcd5b5bb84db8064b

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Synonyms


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Amomum sylvestre Lam., nom. superfl.  ¦   Amomum zerumbet L.  ¦   Zerumbet zingiber T.Lestib.  ¦   Zingiber sylvestre Garsault, opus utique oppr.  ¦  
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Bitter Ginger ()  ¦   G?ng gió (Vietnamese)  ¦  
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Species Record Details Encoded By: Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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