The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

You should refer instead to the current version of The Plant List.

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

Statistics

The Plant List includes 211 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Zingiber. Of these 141 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 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 211 species names for the genus Zingiber recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 141 66.8%
◕ Synonym 65 30.8%
◕ Unplaced 4 1.9%
◕ Unassessed 1 0.5%

All names

The status of the 237 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Zingiber recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 146 61.6%
◕ Synonym 86 36.3%
◕ Unplaced 4 1.7%
◕ Unassessed 1 0.4%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 211 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Zingiber, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 141 61 0 0 202 95.7%
Medium confidence 0 4 0 0 4 1.9%
Low confidence 0 0 4 1 5 2.4%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 4 0 1 0 5 2.4%
WCSP 141 61 4 0 0 206 97.6%