Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name with Basionym Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 46

Authors:

Burtt, Brian (Bill) Laurence
Smith, Rosemary Margaret

Published In: Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 31(2): 204. 1972. (Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh)

Basionym:

!Costus zerumbet Pers. 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Zingiberales Griseb.
• family:  !!Zingiberaceae Martinov
• genus:  !Alpinia Roxb.

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Ecuador , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru

Common Names:

• shellflower (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• shell-ginger (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• yan shan jiang (Pinyin, China)
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2000. Flora of China (Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae). 24: 1–431. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

Keywords: BOL, CEC, FNA, MCH, FCC