Zingiberaceae
Hedychium

Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Reg. 9: t. 774 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to Indo-China. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Ascension, Azores, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Queensland, Réunion, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/taxofoto/revista/3099. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Larsen, K. (1996). A prelimanary checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 24: 35-49.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Nguyen, Q.B. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 21: 1-489. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Tanaka, N. & al. (2016). Systematic notes on the genus Hedychium (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natature and Science, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 42: 57-66.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/taxofoto/revista/3099. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
  • Larsen, K. (1996). A prelimanary checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 24: 35-49.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Tanaka, N. & al. (2016). Systematic notes on the genus Hedychium (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natature and Science, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 42: 57-66.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Biegel, H.M. [4213] Zambia K002427351 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [2016] India K002594630 Yes
K:SPC-30640.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427340 Yes
Russell, P.T. [19] K002594603 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11669] Jamaica K002427187 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427347 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427344 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002594606 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] K002594627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002594631 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002594605 Yes
Orchard, A.E. [3370] New Zealand K002427085 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002594626 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002594604 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/481] Thailand K001891201 Yes
s.coll. [5] Jamaica K002427186 Yes
C.H. [540] India K002594616 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427333 Yes
[Mis Keuric R]; Wood, J.J. [s.n.] K002427335 Yes
Smith, J.E. [s.n.] Nepal K002594610 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427334 Yes
Russell, P.J. [19] K002594602 Yes
Renderos, M. [124] El Salvador K002427162 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [947] India K002594622 Yes
Renderos, M. [194] El Salvador K002427161 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; [illegible] [s.n.] K002594624 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] K002594625 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9549] India K002594614 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [4213] Zambia K002427350 Yes
s.coll. [5665] India K002594618 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8131] India K002594620 Yes
s.coll. [5684] Bangladesh K002594615 Yes
s.coll. [3301] K002427349 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002427097 Yes
s.coll. [5667] India K002594619 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [947] India K:SPC-17103.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002594612 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002427098 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427343 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427345 Yes
{Griffith} [s.n.] K002594628 Yes
Huguenin [s.n.] K002427341 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427339 Yes
s.coll. [H/3086/61] Nepal K002427348 Yes
Veitch [s.n.] K002427342 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1305] Thailand K002426920 Yes
Degener, O. [311650] United States K002427095 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [8606] India K002594621 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427336 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Badré, F. [4212] Reunion K002427118 Yes
K:SPC-18956.000 No
Coode, M.J.E.; Badré, F. [4212] Reunion K002427117 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002594632 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427338 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [947] India K002594623 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11669] Jamaica K002427189 Yes
Delcous, J. [s.n.] Laos K002426922 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [629] Nepal K002594609 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [35592C] United States K002427096 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [7111] India K002594608 Yes
Pillay, S.; Vualili, A. [12338] Fiji K002427094 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [7111] India K002594613 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002594607 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11669] Jamaica K002427188 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427337 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427346 Yes
[C. H.] [540] India K002594617 Yes

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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