Details for: NA 87471, Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm., NA 87471


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
NA 87471
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
2019
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.
Top Name:
NA 87471
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
2019
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 87471
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'. This is a tender plant and will be found on display in the National Herb Garden only during the warmer months (late May through mid-October).
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishlight galangal  1Oyen, 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.
Englishpink porcelain-lily  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishshellflower  1Oyen, 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.
Englishshell-ginger  1Oyen, 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.
Swedishjättegalangarot  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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