Zingiberaceae
Hedychium

Hedychium glaucum Roscoe

First published in Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 53 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Nepal to Bangladesh. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [6546] K002594562 Yes
s.coll. [15] India K002594544 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [12479] India K002594537 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002594563 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002594545 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [974A] K002594550 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002594559 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [974B] India K002594548 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Nepal K002594535 Yes
Grey-Wilson [4409] Nepal K002594543 Yes
Parkes, J. [65] Bhutan K002594552 Yes
s.coll. [5672] India K002594553 Yes
s.coll. [539] India K002594538 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002594539 Yes
Shepherd [s.n.] Nepal K000640485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8135] India K002594547 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002594565 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002594557 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [13799] India K002594551 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44710] India K002594556 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [12479] Nepal K002594534 Yes
Elwes [s.n.] India K002594549 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] K002594561 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [s.n.] India K002594564 Yes
Ronghe [s.n.] K002594536 Yes
Cowan, J.M. [s.n.] India K002594555 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002594567 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8136] India K002594554 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002594541 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [40006] K002594560 Yes
s.coll. [VI5] India K002594546 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8134] India K002594542 Yes
Burkill, I.H.; Banerji, S.C. [35124] India K002594558 Yes
J.B.H. [s.n.] India K002594540 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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