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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Alpinia |accepted_authority=Roxburgh |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Asiatic Researches |place=11: 350. 1810 |year=1810 }} |common_names=Ginger-lily |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Alpinia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alpinia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Italian botanist Prosper Alpinus (1553–1617) |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page=page 309 |treatment_page=page 308 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="pseudostem development;pseudostem some measurement"><b>Pseudostems </b>well developed, 1–3 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="inflorescence orientation;inflorescence architecture or arrangement;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>projecting from tip of pseudostem, lax, paniculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="axis bract arrangement or density;axis bract size;axis bract shape">bracts of main axis remote [imbricate or not], minute [to 7 cm], scalelike [ovate to lance-oblong or lanceolate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cincinnus architecture;cincinnus architecture">cincinni stalked, 1–3-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole size;bracteole prominence">bracteoles large, conspicuous [small or absent], enclosing cincinni.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="calyx shape;calyx shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx subcampanulate, shallowly 3-toothed, split down one side [not split];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="corolla-tube shape;lobe shape">corolla-tube cylindric, lobes oblanceolate to elliptical;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament arrangement or course or shape;filament shape">filament linear, plane;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther architecture or shape;terminal appendage quantity">anther enclosed in corolla, not spurred, terminal appendage none;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lateral staminode presence;lateral staminode size;lateral staminode fusion;lip shape;lip orientation;lip shape">lateral staminodes absent or very small and connate with lip, lip ovate, tubular-incurved, notched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>mostly indehiscent, globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit dehiscence;fruit shape;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 11, 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;native;Asia;Oceania |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Several species of Alpinia are grown as ornamentals in warm climates. Only A. zerumbet is known to spread outside cultivation, but at least three other species, A. calcarata Roscoe, A. nigra (Gaertner) B. L. Burtt, and A. officinarum Hance, may persist for many years in abandoned gardens in coastal Florida. All three of these species may be distinguished from A. zerumbet by having erect inflorescences, among other characters.</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 230 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Alpinia |authority=Roxburgh |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Zingiberaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;native;Asia;Oceania |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Asiatic Researches |publication year=1810 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_40.xml |genus=Alpinia |anther architecture or shape=not spurred |axis bract arrangement or density=remote |axis bract shape=scale-like |axis bract size=minute |bracteole prominence=conspicuous |bracteole size=large |calyx shape=3-toothed;subcampanulate |cincinnus architecture=1-3-flowered;stalked |corolla-tube shape=cylindric |filament arrangement or course or shape=linear |filament shape=plane |fruit dehiscence=indehiscent |fruit shape=globose |inflorescence architecture or arrangement=lax |inflorescence arrangement=paniculate |inflorescence orientation=projecting |lateral staminode fusion=connate |lateral staminode presence=absent |lateral staminode size=small |lip orientation=tubular-incurved |lip shape=notched;ovate |lobe shape=oblanceolate;elliptical |pseudostem development=developed |pseudostem some measurement=1m;3m |terminal appendage quantity=0 |x chromosome quantity=12;11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Zingiberaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Zingiberaceae (view source) Return to Alpinia.