Alpinia
See also: alpinia and alpinią
Translingual
Etymology
Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.
Proper noun
Alpinia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – shell gingers, ginger lilies, a polyphyletic grouping of numerous species in the ginger family, grown as ornamentals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Zingiberales – order; Zingiberaceae – family; Alpinioideae – subfamily; Alpineae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Alpinia galanga (blue ginger) – type species; Alpinia officinarum (lesser galangal) – selected other species
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See also
References
- “Alpinia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Alpinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alpinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Alpinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons