Zingiberaceae
Hedychium

Hedychium roxburghii Blume

First published in Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 57 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peninsula Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali). It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Newman, M. & Sangvirotjanapat, S. (2023). Flora of Thailand 16(2): 333-747. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Newman, M. & Sangvirotjanapat, S. (2023). Flora of Thailand 16(2): 333-747. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{McDonald; Ismail} [4710] Indonesia K002427064 Yes
Hullett, R.W. [s.n.] Indonesia K002427061 Yes
[Balchuichen v/d Brink] [4489] Indonesia K002427063 Yes
Put [853] Thailand K002426935 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K002427059 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [[37963B]] Indonesia K002427060 Yes
Forman, L.L. [102] Indonesia K002427055 Yes
Forman, L.L. [102] Indonesia K002427054 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Jermy [19] Indonesia K002427056 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [37870B] Indonesia K002427062 Yes
Sands, M.J.; Jermy [19] Indonesia K002427057 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [14720] Indonesia K002427058 Yes
Backer, C.A. [21779] Malaysia Hedychium oblongum K002427043 Yes
May 1, 2002 Kerr, A.F.G. [12540] Thailand Hedychium samuiense K000255425 Holotype Yes
Ridley, H.N. [8477] Malaysia Hedychium macrorrhizum K000255432 Type Yes
Indonesia Hedychium spanogheanum K000255418 Type 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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