Zingiberaceae
Hedychium

Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 17: n.° 5 (1811)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi). It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Cuba, Jamaica, Mauritius, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago

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.
  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1983). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 4: 1-532. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nguyen, Q.B. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 21: 1-489. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.

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.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Kitalong, A.H., DeMeo, R.A. & Holm, T. (2008). Native Trees Palau. A field guide: 1-236.
  • Nguyen, Q.B. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 21: 1-489. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6548] Burma K001124170 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [6547] Bangladesh K000640477 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427288 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427252 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427260 Yes
L, H.B. [6547] Bangladesh K000640476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ferrucci, S.; Cabral, E.; Caceres, S.; Vanni, R. [303] Brazil K002427272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002427274 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427277 Yes
s.coll. [5681] Bangladesh K002427263 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427286 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427279 Yes
s.coll. [H1022-19] K002427289 Yes
C, E.J. [6459] Bhutan K000640481 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williams [8428] China K002427291 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [569] Nepal K:SPC-33294.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427267 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427253 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6548] K001124169 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schilling [1110] Nepal K002427255 Yes
Braga, J.M.A. [7149] Brazil K002427271 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427269 Yes
Tessier-Yandell [129] India K:SPC-32006.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427290 Yes
s.coll. [5480] Brazil K002427270 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427285 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427278 Yes
House, W.L. [s.n.] K002427280 Yes
Simmons, J.B. Italy K:SPC-29045.000 No
K:SPC-28987.000 No
L, H.B. [6548] India K000640480 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [H3014] K002427261 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6548] Nepal K000639636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Braga, J.M.A. [7149] Brazil K002427273 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] K002427268 Yes
s.coll. [1] India K002427283 Yes
s.coll. [181] K002427262 Yes
Bourne; A.H.G. [2783] India K002427264 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427275 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 6548] India K001124168 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Boren] [s.n.] K002427284 Yes
Critchett, C. [14/79] K002427266 Yes
Walker, G. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002427265 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002427257 Yes
s.coll. [111] K002427281 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hedychium aurantiacum K002427250 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hedychium aurantiacum K002427251 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0