Checklist: Zingiberaceae

ZINGIBERACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zambia.

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Literature:   
Lock, J.M. (1985) Zingiberaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa   
Lock, J.M. (2010) Zingiberaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) 120-140  
 
Names
 
1341.000 ZINGIBER Boehm.
Zingiber officinale Roscoe
 
1353.000 ALPINIA Roxb.
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L. Burtt & R.M. Sm.
Alpinia speciosa (Wendl.) K. Schum.

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants checklist: Zingiberaceae.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=239, retrieved 22 December 2025

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