Zingiberaceae
Alpinia

Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35: 213 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan). It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand

Introduced into:

Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Maas, P.J.M. [3444] Jamaica K002592044 Yes
K:SPC-70000.531 No
Harris, W.H. [5474] Jamaica K002592047 Yes
K:SPC-66285.000 No
[illegible] [s.n.] K002592046 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [5183] Haiti K002592042 Yes
Robertson, E.T. [4592dup] Jamaica K002592043 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11752] Jamaica K002592041 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11752] K002592045 Yes
Muller [108] India Alpinia allughas K002670679 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6571] Burma Alpinia allughas K001124218 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6571] India Alpinia allughas K001124215 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6571] Burma Alpinia allughas K001124219 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rottler [s.n.] India Alpinia allughas K002670686 Yes
[London] [s.n.] India Alpinia allughas K002670688 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6571] Alpinia allughas K001124217 Unknown Type Material Yes
[London] [s.n.] India Alpinia allughas K002670687 Yes
s.coll. [CN3157] Sri Lanka Alpinia allughas K002670691 Yes
Ward, F.K. [7346] Alpinia allughas K002670681 Yes
s.coll. [4526] Burma Alpinia allughas K002670693 Yes
[illegible] [579] India Alpinia allughas K002670685 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [37035] India Alpinia allughas K002670676 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [724] India Alpinia allughas K002670683 Yes
Walker [s.n.] Sri Lanka Alpinia allughas K002670689 Yes
Clelland [s.n.] Burma Alpinia allughas K002670695 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [25] India Alpinia allughas K002670677 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [724] India Alpinia allughas K002670682 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alpinia allughas K002670680 Yes
Walker [s.n.] Sri Lanka Alpinia allughas K002670690 Yes
[J. T.]; Thomson [s.n.] Alpinia allughas K002670674 Yes
Vogt, G.B. [Bu-250] Burma Alpinia allughas K002670694 Yes
Lace, J.H. [4203] Burma Alpinia allughas K002670692 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 6571] Alpinia allughas K001124216 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India Alpinia allughas K002670684 Yes
Fisher (Mr) [s.n.] India Alpinia allughas K002670678 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6571] Alpinia allughas K001124220 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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