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Hedychium

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hedychium

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Hedychium aureum C.B.Clarke & H.Mann ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium biflorum Sirirugsa & K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium bijiangense T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium bipartitum G.Z.Li Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium boloveniorum K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium bordelonianum W.J.Kress & K.J.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium borneense R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium bousigonianum Pierre ex Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium brevicaule D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium calcaratum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium collinum Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium convexum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium coronarium J.König Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium cylindricum Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium dekianum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium densiflorum Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium efilamentosum Hand.-Mazz. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium elatum R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium ellipticum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium elwesii Baker Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium erythrostemon K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium flavum Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium forrestii Diels Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawl. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium glabrum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium glaucum Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium gomezianum Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium gracile Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium gracillimum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium gratum Wall. ex Voigt Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium greenii W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium griersonianum R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium griffithianum Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium hasseltii Blume Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium hirsutissimum Holttum Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium hookeri C.B.Clarke ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium horsfieldii R.Br. ex Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium intermedium Blume Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium khaomaenense Picheans. & Mokkamul Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium kwangsiense T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium larsenii M.Dan & C.Sathish Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium lineare R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium longicornutum Griff. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium longipedunculatum Sastry & D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium luteum Baker Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium macrorrhizum Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium malayanum Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium marginatum C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium menglianense Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium muluense R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium neocarneum T.L.Wu, K.Larsen & Turland Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium nutantiflorum H.Dong & G.J.Xu Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium paludosum M.R.Hend. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium parvibracteatum T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium pauciflorum S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium peregrinum N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium philippinense K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium poilanei K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium puerense Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium pynursulaeanum S.K.Jain & S.C.Srivast. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium qingchengense Z.Y.Zhu Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium radiatum A.S.Rao & Hajra Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium raoi G.D.Pal & G.S.Giri Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium robustum A.S.Rao & Hajra Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium roxburghii Blume Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium rubrum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium samuiense Sirirugsa & K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium satyanarayanum S.C.Srivast. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium simaoense Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium sirirugsae M.Dan & C.Sathish Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium speciosum Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium spicatum Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium stenopetalum Lodd. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium tenellum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium tengchongense Y.B.Luo Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium thaianum Mokkamul & Picheans. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium thyrsiforme Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium tienlinense D.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium tomentosum Sirirugsa & K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium venustum Wight Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium villosum Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium wardii C.E.C.Fisch. Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium ximengense Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium yungjiangense S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Hedychium yunnanense Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 140 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hedychium. Of these 87 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 25 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hedychium. 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 140 species names for the genus Hedychium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 87 62.1%
Synonym 46 32.9%
Unplaced 4 2.9%
Unassessed 3 2.1%

All names

The status of the 165 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hedychium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 90 54.5%
Synonym 68 41.2%
Unplaced 4 2.4%
Unassessed 3 1.8%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 140 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hedychium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 87 44 0 0 131 93.6%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 2 4 3 9 6.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Hedychium, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.4%
WCSP 87 46 4 0 0 137 97.9%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.7%