Zingiber rubens Roxb.

First published in Asiat. Res. 11: 348 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • Tripathi, S. & Singh, K.K. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the genus Zingiber Boehm. in North-East India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 520-532.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Clarke, C.B. [44765D] India K002428596 Yes
Meenold, A.E. [6396] K002428599 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [10] India K002428593 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44765A] India K002428597 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [10] India K000815672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [1955] India K000815675 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [888] India K000815674 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5733] India K002428600 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [10] India K002428595 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002428598 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [10] India K002428594 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [1799] India K002428592 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428590 Yes
King, G. [1074] India K002428591 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [10] India K000815673 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4422] India K002428589 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [6337A] Thailand K002428944 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 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
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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