Alpinia zerumbet
Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 31: 204. 1972.
Common names: Shellflower
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Costus zerumbet Persoon Syn. Pl. 1: 3. 1805
Synonyms: Languas speciosum (J. C. Wendland) Small Zerumbet speciosum J. C. Wendland
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Illustrator:
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Leaf-blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, (20–) 33–67 × (3–) 7.5–11 cm. Inflorescences drooping, 15–30 × 6–10 cm; stalks of cincinni 0.3–3 cm, bracteoles sheathing, white proximally, pink distally. Flowers: lip yellow with red penciling, perianth and staminodes otherwise white or pink.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
Habitat: Disturbed hammocks and thickets
Elevation: 0–30 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., Central America, South America, native, Asia
Discussion
Alpinia zerumbet is commonly cultivated, but rarely escapes. The illegitimate name Alpinia speciosa (J. C. Wendland) K. Schumann and Hollrung 1887 [(not A. speciosa (Blume) D. Dietrich 1839]) has often been used for this species.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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not spurred +
filiform +
absent +
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minute +
sheathing +
conspicuous +
large +
Shellflower +
2-7-flowered +
monochasial +
straight +
copious +
plane +
symmetric +
bisexual +
indehiscent +
globose +
Present +
paniculate +
drooping +
true +
parallel +
connate +
absent +
small +
lanceolate;narrowly elliptical +
7.5cm;11cm +
laminate +
differentiated +
absent +
yellow with red +
tubular-incurved +
parietal +
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basal +
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3-carpellate +
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Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh +
1972 +
pedunculate +
tuberous +
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overlapping +
aerial +
fertile +
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unbranched +
aerial +
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2-lobed +
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Alpinia zerumbet +
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