Taxon: Hedychium coccineum Sm.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• red ginger-lily   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• scarlet ginger-lily   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• rooigemmerlelie   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan [s.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.]; Nepal
  Indo-China: Myanmar

• also cultivated

References:

• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hedychium coccineum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Hedychium coccineum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Hedychium coccineum.

Check other web resources for Hedychium coccineum Sm.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Hedychium coccineum cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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