Ornamental Horticulture (Jun 2023)

Zingiber: synonymy, accepted and excluded species

  • Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Castro,
  • Charleston Gonçalves ,
  • Vivian Loges,
  • Armando Reis Tavares,
  • Fábio de Barros,
  • Ana Cecília Ribeiro de Castro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/2447-536X.v29i2.2658
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2

Abstract

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Among the species of the Zingiberaceae family, ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is the best known and studied species, with several reported ornamental, medicinal and culinary properties. Many ornamental species of the genus Zingiber are commonly treated as gingers by analogy. This study provides a list of species of the genus Zingiber, information on synonyms and comments on ornamental aspects.

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