- Family:
- Zingiberaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Alpinia Roxb.
Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand
Introduced into:
Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto
Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 6571] | Alpinia allughas | K001124216 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6571], India | Alpinia allughas | K001124215 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6571], Myanmar | Alpinia allughas | K001124219 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6571] | Alpinia allughas | K001124217 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6571], Myanmar | Alpinia allughas | K001124218 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6571] | Alpinia allughas | K001124220 | Yes |
First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35: 213 (1977)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
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