Taxon:  Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.



Summary
Genus:
Zingiber
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Zingiberoideae
Tribe:
Zingibereae
Nomen number:
401412
Place of publication:
Exot. bot. 2:105, t. 112.  1806
Comment:
the plate is dated 1 Nov 1806
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum zerumbet L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Zingiber aromaticum Valeton

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Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Ghosh, S. et al. 2011. Species-specific AFLP markers for identification of Zingiber officinale, Z. montanum and Z. zerumbet (Zingiberaceae). Genet. Molec. Res. 10:218-229.
  4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  7. Kavitha, P. G. & G. Thomas. 2008. Population genetic structure of the clonal plant Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith (Zingiberaceae), a wild relative of cultivated ginger, and its response to Pithyum aphanidermatum. Euphytica 160:89-100. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  8. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  9. Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:162.
  10. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  13. Theilade, I. 1996. Revision of the genus Zingiber in Peninsular Malaysia. Gard. Bull. Singapore 48:227-229.
  14. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  15. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  17. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Martinique ginger 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English shampoo ginger 1 Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
English wild ginger 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English zerumbet ginger 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Hawaiian awapuhi 2 Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Portuguese gengibre-amargo 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish jengibre 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish jengibre amargo 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    cult. in tropics
6Other    origin unknown
Cultivated (cult. in tropics)
Other (origin unknown)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Food additivesflavoring Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Materialsgum/resinused in shampoosWagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Medicinesfolklore Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Medicinesfolklore Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401412. Accessed 20 September 2024.