Details for: TARS 1718, Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm., Pink Porcelain Lily

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.

Top Name:

Pink Porcelain Lily

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Mar 1932

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	1 count		TARS 1718 PL

Note: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.
Distributed as: Tubers, Available: Year-round

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf

USA – Texas (See state regulation: red palm mite)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.

Top Name:

Pink Porcelain Lily

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Mar 1932

Source History

Donated

March 1932.

Donor(s):

Barrett, O.W., Department of Agriculture and Labor

Accession Names and Identifiers

Pink Porcelain Lily

Type: Local name

Group: MISC.TARS

Dragon

Type: Local name

Shell Ginger

Type: Local name

Narrative

Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.

Genus:

Alpinia

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

101036

Place of publication:

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31(2):204. 1972

Verified:

10/22/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Costus zerumbet Pers.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alpinia speciosa (J. C. Wendl.) K. Schum.
Languas speciosa (J. C. Wendl.) Small
Zerumbet speciosum J. C. Wendl.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	light galangal	1	Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64.
English	pink porcelain-lily	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	shellflower	1	Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64.
English	shell-ginger	1	Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61-64.
Swedish	jättegalangarot	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 01 Mar 1932, from Languas speciosa (J. C. Wendl.) Small to Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.