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Details for: PI 70781,
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm., No. 897
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
No. 897
Origin:
Collected – Sri Lanka
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jul 1926
PI Assigned:
1926
Inventory Volume:
89
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
No. 897
Origin:
Collected – Sri Lanka
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jul 1926
PI Assigned:
1926
Source History
Collected
Sri Lanka
Comment:
Allison V. Armour Expedition
Collector(s):
Royal Botanic Gardens
Fairchild, David Grandison, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 897
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
Genus:
Etlingera
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
409477
Place of publication:
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43:244. 1986
Verified:
10/09/1997
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Alpinia elatior
Jack
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Nicolaia elatior
(Jack) Horan.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alpinia magnifica
Roscoe
Amomum magnificum
ined.
Elettaria speciosa
Blume
Nicolaia speciosa
(Blume) Horan.
Phaeomeria magnifica
(Roscoe) K. Schum.
Phaeomeria speciosa
(Blume) Koord.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Philippine waxflower
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
torch-ginger
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Malay
kantan
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
boca de dragón
as
Nicolaia elatior
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
fackelingefära
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
09 Oct 1997, from
Nicolaia elatior
(Jack) Horan. to
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
12 Oct 1995, from
Amomum magnificum
ined. to
Nicolaia elatior
(Jack) Horan.
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