''Hedychium'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the ginger family
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 ...
,
native
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to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become widely naturalized in other lands, and considered invasive in some places.
The genus name ''Hedychium'' is derived from two ancient Greek words, meaning "sweet" and meaning "snow". This refers to the fragrant white flower of the type species ''
H. coronarium''.
Common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often con ...
s include garland flower, ginger lily, and kahili ginger.
Members of the genus ''Hedychium'' are
rhizomatous
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
perennial
In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...
s, commonly growing tall. Some species are cultivated for their exotic foliage and fragrant spikes of flowers in shades of white, yellow and orange.
Numerous
cultivars
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have been developed for garden use, of which 'Tara' has gained
the Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...
's
Award of Garden Merit
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It includes the full range of cultivated p ...
. Though reasonably hardy down to , it requires a sheltered position and a deep mulch in winter.
Species
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Hedychium aureum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium biflorum''
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Hedychium bijiangense''
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Hedychium bipartitum''
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Hedychium boloveniorum''
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Hedychium bordelonianum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium borneense''
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Hedychium bousigonianum''
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Hedychium brevicaule
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium calcaratum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium champasakense
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium chayanianum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium chingmeianum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium coccineum
''Hedychium coccineum'' is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is native to southern China (Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan), the Himalayas, India and Indochina.Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of ...
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Hedychium collinum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium convexum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium coronarium
''Hedychium coronarium'', the white garland-lily or white ginger lily, is a perennial flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to the forest understorey of Asia.
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Hedychium cylindricum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium deceptum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become w ...
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Hedychium densiflorum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium dichotomatum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium efilamentosum''
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Hedychium elatum''
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Hedychium ellipticum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium elwesii''
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Hedychium erythrostemon''
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Hedychium flavescens''
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Hedychium flavum''
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Hedychium forrestii
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium gardnerianum
''Hedychium gardnerianum'', the Kahili ginger, Kahila garland-lily or ginger lily, is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. It is an erect herbaceous perennial growin ...
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Hedychium glabrum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium glaucum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium gomezianum''
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Hedychium gracile''
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Hedychium gracillimum''
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Hedychium gratum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium greenii''
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Hedychium griersonianum''
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Hedychium griffithianum''
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Hedychium hasseltii''
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Hedychium hirsutissimum''
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Hedychium hookeri''
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Hedychium horsfieldii''
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Hedychium intermedium
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium khaomaenense''
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Hedychium kwangsiense''
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Hedychium larsenii''
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Hedychium lineare''
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Hedychium longicornutum''
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Hedychium longipedunculatum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium longipetalum''
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Hedychium luteum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium macrorrhizum''
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Hedychium malayanum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium marginatum''
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Hedychium matthewii''
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Hedychium menghaiense''
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Hedychium menglianense''
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Hedychium muanwongyathiae''
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Hedychium muluense''
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Hedychium nagamiense''
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Hedychium neocarneum''
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Hedychium nutantiflorum''
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Hedychium paludosum''
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Hedychium parvibracteatum''
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Hedychium pauciflorum''
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Hedychium peregrinum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native plant, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species ...
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Hedychium philippinense
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium phuluangense''
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Hedychium poilanei''
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Hedychium puerense''
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Hedychium putaoense''
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Hedychium pynursulaeanum''
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Hedychium qingchengense''
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Hedychium radiatum''
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Hedychium raoi''
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Hedychium robustum''
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Hedychium roxburghii''
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Hedychium samuiense
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium satyanarayanum''
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Hedychium siamense''
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Hedychium simaoense''
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Hedychium sirirugsae''
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Hedychium speciosum''
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Hedychium spicatum''
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Hedychium stenopetalum''
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Hedychium tenellum''
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Hedychium tengchongense''
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Hedychium thaianum''
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Hedychium thyrsiforme''
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Hedychium tienlinense''
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Hedychium tomentosum
''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...
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Hedychium venustum''
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Hedychium villosum''
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Hedychium viridibracteatum''
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Hedychium wardii''
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Hedychium ximengense''
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Hedychium yungjiangense''
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Hedychium yunnanense''
Taxonomy and phylogeny
In 2000, Tom Wood et al. published the first phylogeny of the genus ''Hedychium'' represented by 29 taxa.
Reproductive biology
''Hedychium'' has multiple modes of reproduction: sexual, via rhizomes and via
bulbil
A bulbil (also referred to as a bulbel, bulblet, and/or pup) is a small, young plant that is reproduced vegetatively from axillary buds on the parent plant's stem or in place of a flower on an inflorescence. These young plants are clones of the p ...
s. Some species of ''Hedychium'' are reported to exhibit facultative
vivipary
In plants, vivipary occurs when seeds or embryos begin to develop before they detach from the parent. Plants such as some Iridaceae and Agavoideae grow cormlets in the axils of their inflorescences. These fall and in favourable circumstances t ...
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See also
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List of plants known as lily Lily usually refers to herbaceous plants of the genus ''Lilium'', with large showy trumpet-shaped flowers. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals.
Many other plants not closely related to lilies are called lilies, usually because their flowers ...
References
External links
* http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/Subtropicals.html
Zingiberaceae genera
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