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Details for: TARS 17335,
Alpinia zerumbet
(Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm., Varig. Shell
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Alpinia zerumbet
(Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
Varig. Shell
Origin:
Donated – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
05 Apr 1994
Form Received:
Plant
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Plant
1 count
TARS 17335 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:
Alpinia zerumbet
(Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
Varig. Shell
Origin:
Donated – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
05 Apr 1994
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Donated
05 April 1994.
Puerto Rico, United States
Comment:
Bob Lankford
Accession Names and Identifiers
Varig. Shell
Type: Local name
TARS 17335
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS
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.
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Name
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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)
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