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Flora of North China – ''Zingiber''
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Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical ...
. It is native to China
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, the Indian subcontinent
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, New Guinea
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, and Southeast Asia
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, especially Thailand
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. It contains the true ginger
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of l ...
s, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are '' Z. officinale'' and '' Z. mioga'', two garden gingers. The genus name comes from Latin borrowing the Tamil
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name for the first species.
Culinary
Each ginger species has a different culinary usage; for example,myoga
or Japanese ginger is the species ''Zingiber mioga'' in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea.Cole TCH, Nürnberger "Zingiber mioga and its Cultivars,"''The Plan ...
is valued for the stem and flowers. Garden ginger's rhizome
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is the classic spice
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"ginger", and may be used whole, candied (known commonly as crystallized ginger), or dried and powdered. Other popular ginger
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of l ...
s used in cooking include cardamom
Cardamom (), sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genus (biology), genera ''Elettaria'' and ''Amomum'' in the family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indon ...
and turmeric
Turmeric (), or ''Curcuma longa'' (), is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between and high ...
, though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the family
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Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical ...
.
Species
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Zingiber acuminatum
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' Valeton
# ''Zingiber aguingayae
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' Docot
# ''Zingiber albiflorum
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' R.M.Sm.
# ''Zingiber album
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' Nurainas
# '' Zingiber anamalayanum'' Sujanapal & Sasidh.
# '' Zingiber angustifolium'' C.K.Lim & Meekiong
# '' Zingiber apoense'' Elmer
# '' Zingiber argenteum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber arunachalensis'' A.Joe, T.Jayakr., Hareesh & M.Sabu
# '' Zingiber atroporphyreum'' Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
# '' Zingiber atrorubens'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber aurantiacum'' (Holttum) Theilade
# '' Zingiber banhaoense'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber barbatum'' Wall.
# '' Zingiber belumense'' C.K.Lim & Meekiong
# '' Zingiber bipinianum'' D.K.Roy, D.Verma, Talukdar & Dutta Choud.
# '' Zingiber bisectum'' D.Fang
# '' Zingiber brachystachys'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber bradleyanum'' Craib
# '' Zingiber brevifolium'' N.E.Br.
# '' Zingiber bulusanense'' Elmer
# '' Zingiber callianthus'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber capitatum'' Roxb.
# '' Zingiber cardiocheilum'' Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
# '' Zingiber castaneum'' Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
# '' Zingiber caudatum'' Biseshwori & Bipin
# '' Zingiber cernuum'' Dalzell
# '' Zingiber chantaranothaii'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber chengii'' Y.H.Tseng, C.M.Wang & Y.C.Lin
# '' Zingiber chlorobracteatum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber chrysanthum'' Roscoe
# '' Zingiber chrysostachys'' Ridl.
# '' Zingiber citriodorum'' Theilade & Mood
# '' Zingiber clarkei'' King ex Baker
# '' Zingiber cochleariforme'' D.Fang
# '' Zingiber collinsii'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber coloratum'' N.E.Br.
# '' Zingiber corallinum'' Hance
# '' Zingiber cornubracteatum'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber curtisii'' Holttum
# '' Zingiber cylindricum'' Thwaites
# '' Zingiber densissimum'' S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia
# '' Zingiber discolor'' Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Rybková
# '' Zingiber diwakarianum'' R.Kr.Singh
# '' Zingiber eberhardtii'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber eborinum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber elatius'' (Ridl.) Theilade
# '' Zingiber elatum'' Roxb.
# '' Zingiber ellipticum'' (S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia) Q.G.Wu & T.L.Wu
# '' Zingiber engganoense'' Ardiyani
# '' Zingiber fallax'' (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia
# '' Zingiber flagelliforme'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber flammeum'' Theilade & Mood
# '' Zingiber flaviflorum'' C.K.Lim & Meekiong
# '' Zingiber flavofusiforme'' M.M.Aung & Nob.Tanaka
# '' Zingiber flavomaculosum'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber flavovirens'' Theilade
# '' Zingiber fragile'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber fraseri'' Theilade
# '' Zingiber georgeae'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber gracile'' Jack
# '' Zingiber gramineum'' Noronha ex Blume
# '' Zingiber griffithii'' Baker
# '' Zingiber guangxiense'' D.Fang
# '' Zingiber gulinense'' Y.M.Xia
# '' Zingiber hainanense'' Y.S.Ye, L.Bai & N.H.Xia
# '' Zingiber idae'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber incomptum'' B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
# '' Zingiber inflexum'' Blume
# '' Zingiber integrilabrum'' Hance
# '' Zingiber integrum'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber intermedium'' Baker
# '' Zingiber isanense'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber jiewhoei'' Škornick.
# '' Zingiber junceum'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber kangleipakense'' Kishor & Škornick.
# '' Zingiber kawagoii'' Hayata
# '' Zingiber kelabitianum'' Theilade & H.Chr.
# '' Zingiber kerrii'' Craib
# '' Zingiber kunstleri'' King ex Ridl.
# '' Zingiber lambii'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber laoticum'' Gagnep.
# ''Zingiber larsenii
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' Theilade
# '' Zingiber latifolium'' Theilade & Mood
# '' Zingiber lecongkietii'' Škornick. & H.Ð.Tran
# '' Zingiber leptorrhizum'' D.Fang
# '' Zingiber leptostachyum'' Valeton
# '' Zingiber leucochilum'' L.Bai, Skornick. & N.H.Xia
# '' Zingiber ligulatum'' Roxb.
# '' Zingiber limianum'' Meekiong
# '' Zingiber lingyunense'' D.Fang
# '' Zingiber loerzingii'' Valeton
# '' Zingiber longibracteatum'' Theilade
# '' Zingiber longiglande'' D.Fang & D.H.Qin
# '' Zingiber longiligulatum'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber longipedunculatum'' Ridl.
# '' Zingiber longyanjiang'' Z.Y.Zhu
# '' Zingiber macradenium'' K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber macrocephalum'' (Zoll.) K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber macroglossum'' Valeton
# '' Zingiber macrorrhynchus'' K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber malaysianum'' C.K.Lim : black ginger
# '' Zingiber marginatum'' Roxb.
# '' Zingiber martini'' R.M.Sm.
# '' Zingiber matangense'' Noor Ain, Tawan & Meekiong
# '' Zingiber matupiense'' M.M.Aung & Nob.Tanaka
# '' Zingiber matutumense'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber mawangense'' Noor Ain & Meekiong
# '' Zingiber meghalayense'' Sushil K.Singh, Ram.Kumar & Mood
# '' Zingiber mekongense'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber mellis'' Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Sída f.
# '' Zingiber microcheilum'' Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Sída f.
# ''Zingiber mioga
or Japanese ginger is the species ''Zingiber mioga'' in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a deciduous herbaceous Perennial plant, perennial native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea.Cole TCH, Nürnberger "Zingiber mioga and its Cult ...
'' (Thunb.) Roscoe
# '' Zingiber mizoramense'' Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & S.Sharma
# '' Zingiber molle'' Ridl.
# '' Zingiber monglaense'' S.J.Chen & Z.Y.Chen
# '' Zingiber monophyllum'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber montanum'' (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr. (synonyms: '' Z. cassumunar''; ''Z. purpureum'')
# '' Zingiber multibracteatum'' Holttum
# '' Zingiber murlenica'' Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & S.Sharma
# '' Zingiber nanlingense'' Lin Chen, A.Q.Dong & F.W.Xing
# '' Zingiber natmataungense'' S.S.Zhou & R.Li
# '' Zingiber nazrinii'' C.K.Lim & Meekiong
# '' Zingiber neesanum'' (J.Graham) Ramamoorthy
# '' Zingiber neglectum'' Valeton
# '' Zingiber negrosense'' Elmer
# '' Zingiber neotruncatum'' T.L.Wu, K.Larsen & Turland
# '' Zingiber nigrimaculatum'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber nimmonii'' (J.Graham) Dalzell
# '' Zingiber nitens'' M.F.Newman
# '' Zingiber niveum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber odoriferum'' Blume
# ''Zingiber officinale
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of l ...
'' Roscoe
# '' Zingiber oligophyllum'' K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber olivaceum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber orbiculatum'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber ottensii'' Valeton
# '' Zingiber pachysiphon'' B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
# '' Zingiber panduratum'' Roxb.
# '' Zingiber papuanum'' Valeton
# '' Zingiber pardocheilum'' Wall. ex Baker
# '' Zingiber parishii'' Hook.f.
# '' Zingiber pauciflorum'' L.Bai, Skornick., D.Z.Li & N.H.Xia
# '' Zingiber pellitum'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber pendulum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber petiolatum'' (Holttum) Theilade
# '' Zingiber pherimaense'' Biseshwori & Bipin
# '' Zingiber phillippsiae'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber phumiangense'' Chaveer. & Mokkamul
# '' Zingiber pleiostachyum'' K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber plicatum'' Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
# '' Zingiber popaense'' Nob.Tanaka
# '' Zingiber porphyrochilum'' Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding
# '' Zingiber porphyrosphaerum'' K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber pseudopungens'' R.M.Sm.
# '' Zingiber pseudosquarrosum'' L.J.Singh & P.Singh
# '' Zingiber puberulum'' Ridl.
# '' Zingiber purpureum'' Roscoe
# '' Zingiber pyroglossum'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber raja'' C.K.Lim & Kharuk.
# '' Zingiber recurvatum'' S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia
# '' Zingiber roseum'' (Roxb.) Roscoe
# '' Zingiber rubens'' Roxb.
# '' Zingiber rufopilosum'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber sabuanum'' K.M.P.Kumar & A.Joe
# '' Zingiber sabun'' C.K.Lim
# '' Zingiber sadakornii'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber salarkhanii'' M.A.Rahman & Yusuf
# '' Zingiber shuanglongense'' C.L.Yeh & S.W.Chung
# '' Zingiber simaoense'' Y.Y.Qian
# '' Zingiber singapurense'' Škornick.
# '' Zingiber skornickovae'' N.S.Lý
# '' Zingiber smilesianum'' Craib
# '' Zingiber spectabile'' Griff.
# '' Zingiber squarrosum'' Roxb.
# ''Zingiber stenostachys
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' K.Schum.
# '' Zingiber striolatum'' Diels
# '' Zingiber subroseum'' Docot
# '' Zingiber sulphureum'' Burkill ex Theilade
# '' Zingiber tenuifolium'' L.Bai, Škornick. & N.H.Xia
# '' Zingiber tenuiscapus'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber thorelii'' Gagnep.
# '' Zingiber tuanjuum'' Z.Y.Zhu
# '' Zingiber ultralimitale'' Ardiyani & A.D.Poulsen
# ''Zingiber vanlithianum
''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...
'' Koord.
# '' Zingiber velutinum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber ventricosum'' L.Bai, Škornick., N.H.Xia & Y.S.Ye
# '' Zingiber vinosum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber viridiflavum'' Mood & Theilade
# '' Zingiber vittacheilum'' Triboun & K.Larsen
# '' Zingiber vuquangense'' N.S.Lý, T.H.Lê, T.H.Trinh, V.H.Nguyen & N.D.Do
# '' Zingiber wandingense'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber wightianum'' Thwaites
# '' Zingiber wrayi'' Prain ex Ridl.
# '' Zingiber yersinii'' Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Rybková
# '' Zingiber yingjiangense'' S.Q.Tong
# '' Zingiber yunnanense'' S.Q.Tong & X.Z.Liu
# '' Zingiber zerumbet'' (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. : shampoo ginger
References
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* *Flora of North China – ''Zingiber''
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