People and Plants of Micronesia

Zingiberaceae

Mark Merlin

General Description

Stone, B.C. 1970. The Flora of Guam. A Manual for the Identification of the Vascular Plants of the Island. Micronesica. 6 (1/2): 1-659. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 October 1969.

Herbs with pinnately parallel-veined leaves; flowers perfect; calyx of 3 parts, connate; corolla of 3 parts, connate; perfect stamen 1; staminodium 1, with rarely traces of others; ovary inferior, 3-celled or rarely 1-celled; stigma 1; ovules many; fruit a capsule or berry. 47 genera & 1400 species, chiefly tropical.

Species within Useful Plants of the Federated States of Micronesia

Alpinia carolinensis

Alpinia purpurata

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Curcuma australasica

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Curcuma longa

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Hedychium coronarium

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Zingiber officinale

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Zingiber zerumbet

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Zingiberaceae Mark Merlin General Description Stone, B.C. 1970. The Flora of Guam. A Manual for the Identification of the Vascular Plants of the Island. Micronesica. 6 (1/2): 1-659. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 October 1969. Herbs with pinnately parallel-veined leaves; flowers perfect; calyx of 3 parts, connate; corolla of 3 parts, connate; perfect stamen 1; staminodium 1, with rarely traces of others; ovary inferior, 3-celled or rarely 1-celled; stigma 1; ovules many; fruit a capsule or berry. 47 genera & 1400 species, chiefly tropical. Species within Useful Plants of the Federated States of Micronesia Alpinia carolinensis Alpinia purpurata Images not available Curcuma australasica Images not available Curcuma longa Images not available Hedychium coronarium Images not available Zingiber officinale Images not available Zingiber zerumbet Images not available
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