Zingiberaceae
Hedychium

Hedychium malayanum Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum

First published in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 3: 82 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang). It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Ferguson-Davie [s.n.] Malaysia K000255436 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malaysia K002427383 Yes
Larsen, K.; Poilane, M. [19857] K002426879 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427384 Yes
Henderson, M.R. [s.n.] Malaysia K002426878 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Poilane, M. [19856] Hedychium poilanei K000255438 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Poilane, M. [19856] Hedychium poilanei K000255426 Type Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [698] Thailand Hedychium poilanei K002426933 Yes
Kress, W.J.; Bordelon, M.; Collins, M. [98-6265] Thailand Hedychium poilanei K002426934 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