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Zingiber

The genus Zingiber is in the family Zingiberaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Zingiber

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Zingiber acuminatum Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber albiflorum R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber anamalayanum Sujanapal & Sasidh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber apoense Elmer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber argenteum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber atrorubens Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber aurantiacum (Holttum) Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber banhaoense Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber barbatum Wall. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber bisectum D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber bradleyanum Craib Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber brevifolium N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber brevifolium K.Schum. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber bulusanense Elmer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber capitatum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber cernuum Dalzell Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber chlorobracteatum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber chrysanthum Roscoe Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber chrysostachys Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber citriodorum Theilade & Mood Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber clarkei King ex Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber cochleariforme D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber collinsii Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber coloratum N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber confine Miq. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber corallinum Hance Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber curtisii Holttum Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber cylindricum Thwaites Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber densissimum S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber diwakarianum R.Kr.Singh Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber eberhardtii Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber eborinum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber elatior (Ridl.) Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber elatum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber ellipticum (S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia) Q.G.Wu & T.L.Wu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber flagelliforme Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber flammeum Theilade & Mood Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber flavomaculosum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber flavovirens Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber fragile S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber fraseri Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber georgeae Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber gracile Jack Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber gramineum Noronha ex Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber griffithii Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber guangxiense D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber gulinense Y.M.Xia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber idae Triboun & K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber incomptum B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber inflexum Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber integrilabrum Hance Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber integrum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber intermedium Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber jucundum F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber junceum Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber kawagoii Hayata Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber kelabitianum Theilade & H.Chr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber kerrii Craib Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber kunstleri King ex Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber lambii Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber laoticum Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber larsenii Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber latifolium Theilade & Mood Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber leptorrhizum D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber leptostachyum Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber ligulatum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber lingyunense D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber loerzingii Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber longibracteatum Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber longiglande D.Fang & D.H.Qin Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber longiligulatum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber longipedunculatum Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber longyanjiang Z.Y.Zhu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber macradenium K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber macrocephalum (Zoll.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber macroglossum Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber macrorrhynchus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber malaysianum C.K.Lim Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber marginatum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber martini R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber matutumense Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber mekongense Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber menghaiense S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber molle Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber monglaense S.J.Chen & Z.Y.Chen Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber monophyllum Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber multibracteatum Holttum Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber nanlingensis Lin Chen, A.Q.Dong & F.W.Xing Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber neesanum (J.Graham) Ramamoorthy Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber neglectum Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber negrosense Elmer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber neotruncatum T.L.Wu, K.Larsen & Turland Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber newmanii Theilade & Mood Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber nigrimaculatum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber nimmonii (J.Graham) Dalzell Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber niveum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber nudicarpum D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber odoriferum Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber officinale Roscoe Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber oligophyllum K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber olivaceum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber orbiculatum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber ottensii Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber pachysiphon B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber panduratum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber papuanum Valeton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber pardocheilum Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber parishii Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber paucipunctatum D.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber pellitum Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber pendulum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber peninsulare Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber petiolatum (Holttum) Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber phillippsiae Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber phumiangense Chaveer. & Mokkamul Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber pleiostachyum K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber porphyrosphaerum K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber pseudopungens R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber puberulum Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26 1
Zingiber pubisquama Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber railletii T.Durand Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber raja C.K.Lim & Kharuk. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber recurvatum S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber roseum (Roxb.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber rubens Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber rufopilosum Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber simaoense Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber smilesianum Craib Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber spectabile Griff. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber squarrosum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber stenostachys K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber stipitatum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber striolatum Diels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber sulphureum Burkill ex Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber thorelii Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber tuanjuum Z.Y.Zhu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber vanlithianum Koord. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber velutinum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber vinosum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber viridiflavum Mood & Theilade Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber wandingense S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber wightianum Thwaites Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber wrayi Prain ex Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber yingjiangense S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber yunnanense S.Q.Tong & X.Z.Liu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26
Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-26 1
Zingiber zerumbetmagnum Elmer Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 228 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Zingiber. Of these 144 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 29 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Zingiber. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 228 species names for the genus Zingiber recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 144 63.2%
Synonym 79 34.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 2.2%

All names

The status of the 257 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Zingiber recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 146 56.8%
Synonym 106 41.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 1.9%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 228 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Zingiber, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 144 73 0 0 217 95.2%
Medium confidence 0 6 0 0 6 2.6%
Low confidence 0 0 0 5 5 2.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Zingiber is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 6 0 1 0 7 3.1%
WCSP 144 73 0 4 0 221 96.9%