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Details for: TARS 1555,
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm., Torch Ginger
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
Torch Ginger
Origin:
Donated – Philippines
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1927
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TARS 1555 PL
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Distributed as: Tubers, Available: Year-round
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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:
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
Torch Ginger
Origin:
Donated – Philippines
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1927
Source History
Donated
Philippines
1927.
District of Columbia, United States
Comment:
Introduced several years ago by Senator Edwards (1927 entry)
Donor(s):
Edwards, H.T., Bureau of Plant Industry - USDA
Accession Names and Identifiers
Torch Ginger
Type: Local name
Group: MISC.TARS
Narrative
Pink Form
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
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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)
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The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
21 Apr 2005, from
Nicolaia elatior
(Jack) Horan. to
Etlingera elatior
(Jack) R. M. Sm.
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