Zingiber officinale

Zingiber officinale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Zingibereae
Genus: Zingiber
Species: Zingiber officinale

Name

Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 348 (1807).

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Amomum zingiber L., Sp. Pl. 1: 1 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Amomum angustifolium Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 4 (1796), nom. illeg..
  • Zingiber zingiber (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 471 (1880), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Amomum zinziba Hill, Veg. Syst., ed. 16: 50 (1770).
  • Zingiber aromaticum Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 28 (1790).
  • Zingiber missionis Wall. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 246 (1892).
  • Zingiber officinale var. cholmondeleyi F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 6: 498 (1900).
    • Zingiber cholmondeleyi (F.M.Bailey) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 172 (1904).
  • Zingiber officinale var. macrorhizonum Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 8: 45 (1933).
    • Zingiber officinale f. macrorhizonum (Makino) M.Hiroe, Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8: 258 (1971).
  • Zingiber officinale var. rubens Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 8: 45 (1933).
    • Zingiber officinale f. rubens (Makino) M.Hiroe, Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8: 258 (1971).
  • Zingiber sichuanense Z.Y.Zhu, S.L.Zhang & S.X.Chen, Bull. Sichuan School Chin. Met. Med. 1987(1): 39 (1987).
    • Zingiber officinale var. sichuanense (Z.Y.Zhu, S.L.Zhang & S.X.Chen) Z.Y.Zhu, S.L.Zhang & S.X.Chen, Fl. Sichuanica 10: 624 (1992).
  • Zingiber officinale var. rubrum Theilade, Gard. Bull. Singapore 48: 218 (1996 publ. 1998).
  • Zingiber sianginensis Tatum & A.K.Das, Pleione 10@ 169 (2016).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa (introduced) Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Gulf of Guinea Islands. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Chagos Archipelago, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea (introduced, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands (introduced), Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland (introduced). Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Islands, Pitcairn Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roscoe, W. 1807. A New Arrangement of the Plants of the Monandrian Class usually called Scitamineae. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 8: 330–357. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1807.tb00321.x . BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 1. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Zingiber officinale. Accessed: 12 Aug 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Zingiber officinale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Zingiber officinale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Aug 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Zingiber officinale. Published online. Accessed: 12 Aug 2021.
• Zingiber officinale – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Zingiber officinale – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Vernacular names

ak: Akakaduro
العربية: زنجبيل
Boarisch: Ingwar
বাংলা: আদা
dansk: Ingefær
Deutsch: Ingwer
English: Ginger, culinary ginger
español: Jengibre
eesti: Harilik ingver
suomi: Mausteinkivääri, inkivääri
français: Gingembre
हिन्दी: अदरक
magyar: Gyömbér
italiano: Zenzero
日本語: ショウガ
jbt: Karüi
मराठी: आले
Nederlands: Gember, gemberwortel
norsk nynorsk: Ingefær
norsk: Ingefær
polski: Imbir lekarski
português: Gengibre
română: Ghimber
සිංහල: ඉඟුරු
српски / srpski: Ђумбир / Ðumbir
svenska: Ingefära
tetun: Ai-lia
Tagalog: luya
Türkçe: Zencefil
українська: Імбир садовий
Yorùbá: atalẹ̀

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