Kinds of Taiwan Monocotyledoneae

Monocots of Taiwan

Compiled from
D.E. Boufford, H. Ohashi, T.C. Huang, C.F. Hsieh,
J.L. Tsai, K.C. Yang, C.I Peng,C.S. Kuoh and A.Hsiao. 2003.
Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition.
Department of Botany, National Taiwan University

Y.P. Yang and H.Y. Liu. 2002.
Manual of Taiwan Vascular Plants.
Council of Agriculture, Taipei, Taiwan

and other sources.

W.L. Chiou and S.H. Dai
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
and
J. Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens

Scientific name -- Other names
Zingiberaceae
   Alpinia copelandii Ridl.
   Alpinia densespicata Hayata
   Alpinia dolichocephala Hayata
   Alpinia flabellata Ridl.
   Alpinia formosana K. Schum.
   Alpinia galanga (L.) Sw. -- Greater galangal
   Alpinia intermedia Gagn.
   Alpinia japonicaThunbMiq
   Alpinia kawakamii Hayata
   Alpinia kusshakuensis Hayata
   Alpinia mesanthera Hayata
   Alpinia oblongifolia Hayata
   Alpinia pricei Hayata
   Alpinia schumaniana Valet.
   Alpinia sessiliflora Kitamura
   Alpinia shimadae Hayata
   Alpinia speciosa (Wendl.) K. Schum.
   Alpinia tonrokuensis Hayata
   Alpinia uraiensis Hayata
   Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L. Burtt & R.M. Sm. -- Shellplant
   Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig -- White garland-lily
   Languas flabellata (Ridl.) Merr.
   Languas galanga (L.) Stuntz
   Vanoverberghia sasakiana H. Funak. and H. Ohashi
   Zingiber kawagoii Hayata
   Zingiber koshunensis Hayata ex C. T. Moo
   Zingiber officinale Roscoe -- Garden ginger
   Zingiber oligophyllum K. Schum.
   Zingiber pleiostachyum K. Schum.
   Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. -- Bitter ginger

Updated: 2012-04-25 16:15:00

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