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Alpinia

The genus Alpinia is in the family Zingiberaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alpinia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Alpinia abundiflora Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia acuminata R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia aenea B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia albipurpurea (P.Royen) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia alpina (Elmer) R.M.Sm. ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia amentacea R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia apoensis Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia aquatica (Retz.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia arctiflora (F.Muell.) Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia arfakensis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia argentea (B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia arundelliana (F.M.Bailey) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia assimilis Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia athroantha Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia bambusifolia C.F.Liang & D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia beamanii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia biakensis R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia bilamellata Makino Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia bodenii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia boia Seem. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia boninsimensis Makino Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia borraginoides K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia brachyantha Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia brevilabris C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia breviligulata (Gagnep.) Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia brevis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia calcarata (Haw.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia calcicola Q.B.Nguyen & M.F.Newman Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia calycodes K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia capitellata Jack Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia carinata Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia carolinensis Koidz. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia celebica K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia chaunocolea K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia chinensis (Retz.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia chrysogynia (K.Schum.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia chrysorachis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia coeruleoviridis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia conchigera Griff. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia condensata Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia conferta B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia congesta Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia conghuaensis J.P.Liao & T.L.Wu Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia conglomerata R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia copelandii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia coriacea T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia coriandriodora D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia corneri (Holttum) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia cumingii K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia cylindrocephala K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia dasystachys Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia dekockii Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia densibracteata T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia densiflora K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia denticulata (Ridl.) Holttum Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia diffissa Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia divaricata Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia diversifolia (Elmer) Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia domatifera Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia dyeri K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia elegans (C.Presl) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia elmeri R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia emaculata S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia eremochlamys K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia euastra K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia eubractea K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia fax B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia flabellata Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia flagellaris (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia formosana K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia foxworthyi Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia fusiformis R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia gagnepainii K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia gigantea Blume Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia gigantifolia (Elmer) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia glabra Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia glabrescens Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia glacicaerulea R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia globosa (Lour.) Horan. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia gracillima Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia graminea Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia graminifolia D.Fang & G.Y.Lo Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia guinanensis D.Fang & X.X.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia haenkei C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hagena R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hainanensis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hansenii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia havilandii K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hibinoi Masam. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia himantoglossa Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hirsuta (Lour.) Horan. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia horneana K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hulstijnii Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia hylandii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia illustris Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia inaequalis (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia intermedia Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia janowskii Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia japonica (Thunb.) Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia javanica Blume Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia jianganfeng T.L.Wu Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia jingxiensis D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia juliformis (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia kawakamii Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia kiungensis R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia klossii (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia kusshakuensis Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia kwangsiensis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia latilabris Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia lauterbachii Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia laxisecunda B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia leptostachya Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia ligulata K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia ludwigiana R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia maclurei Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia macrocephala K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia macroscaphis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia macrostaminodia Chaveer. & Sudmoon Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia macrostephana (Baker) Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia macroura K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia manii Baker Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia manostachys Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia martinii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia maxii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia melichroa K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia menghaiensis S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia mesanthera Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia microlophon Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia modesta F.Muell. ex K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia mollis C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia mollissima Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia monopleura K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia multispica (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia murdochii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia musifolia Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia mutica Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia myriocratera K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia nantoensis F.Y.Lu & Y.W.Kuo Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia napoensis H.Dong & G.J.Xu Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia nidus-vespae A.Raynal & J.Raynal Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia nieuwenhuizii Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia novae-hiberniae B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia novae-pommeraniae K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia nutans (L.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia oblonga (Merr.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia oblongifolia Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia oceanica Burkill Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia odontonema K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia officinarum Hance Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia × okinawaensis Tawada Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia oligantha Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia orthostachys K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia ovata Z.L.Zhao & L.S.Xu Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia ovoidocarpa H.Dong & G.J.Xu Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia oxymitra K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia padacanca Valeton ex K.Heyne Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pahangensis Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia papuana Scheff. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia paradoxa (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia parksii (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia penduliflora Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia penicillata Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia petiolata Baker Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pinetorum (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pinnanensis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia platychilus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia platylopha (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia polyantha D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia porphyrea R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia porphyrocarpa Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pricei Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia psilogyna D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia ptychanthera K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pubiflora (Benth.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pulchella (K.Schum.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pulcherrima Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pulchra (Warb.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia pumila Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rafflesiana Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia regia K.Heyne ex R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rigida Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia romblonensis Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia romburghiana Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rosacea Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rosea Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia roxburghii Sweet Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rubricaulis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rubromaculata S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rufa (C.Presl) Náves Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia rufescens (Thwaites) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia salomonensis B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia samoensis Reinecke Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia sandsii R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia scabra (Blume) Náves Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia schultzei Lauterb. ex Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia seimundii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia sericiflora K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia sessiliflora Kitam. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia shimadae Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia siamensis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia sibuyanensis Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia singuliflora R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia smithiae M.Sabu & Mangaly Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia stachyodes Hance Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia stenobracteolata R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia stenostachys K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia strobilacea K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia strobiliformis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia subfusicarpa Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia submutica K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia subspicata Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia subverticillata Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia superba (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia suriana C.K.Lim Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia tamacuensis R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia tonkinensis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia tonrokuensis Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia trachyascus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia tristachya (Ridl.) Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia unilateralis B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia uraiensis Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia valetoniana Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia vanoverberghii Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia velutina Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia velveta R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia versicolor K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia vitellina (Lindl.) Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia vitiensis Seem. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia vittata W.Bull Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia vulcanica Elmer Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia warburgii K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia wenzelii Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia werneri Lauterb. ex Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia womersleyi R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 468 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alpinia. Of these 241 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alpinia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 468 species names for the genus Alpinia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 241 51.5%
◕ Synonym 218 46.6%
◕ Unplaced 4 0.9%
◕ Unassessed 5 1.1%

All names

The status of the 502 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alpinia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 248 49.4%
◕ Synonym 245 48.8%
◕ Unplaced 4 0.8%
◕ Unassessed 5 1.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 468 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alpinia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 241 211 0 0 452 96.6%
Medium confidence 0 6 0 0 6 1.3%
Low confidence 0 1 4 5 10 2.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Alpinia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 6 0 5 0 11 2.4%
WCSP 241 212 4 0 0 457 97.6%