Family:
Zingiberaceae Martinov

Etlingera Giseke

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to S. Pacific.

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Honduras, Marquesas, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago

Etlingera Giseke appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Sands, M.J.S. [2333], New Guinea 29047.817 No
Nov 1, 2003 Sands, M.J.S. [380] 29047.050 No
Apr 1, 2001 Atkins, S. [635], Indonesia 73275.000 No
Sep 1, 1999 Sands, M.J.S. [7144], Indonesia 74014.000 No
Milliken, W. [1471], Indonesia 62752.000 No
Milliken, W. [1495], Indonesia 62865.000 No
Milliken, W. [1495], Indonesia 62867.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [5354], Brunei 64105.000 No
Reilly, J. [119a], Malaysia Achasma 49842.000 No
Bogner, J., Malaysia Achasma 59013.000 No
Reilly, J. [190], Malaysia Nicolaia 29047.674 No
Reilly, J. [190b], Malaysia Nicolaia 29047.676 No
Reilly, J. [190 and 190b], Malaysia Nicolaia 54456.000 No

First published in Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 199 (1792)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Poulsen, A.D. (2006). Etlingera of Borneo: 1-263. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0