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Zingiber Mill.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Zingiberales
family
Zingiberaceae
genus
Zingiber

Name

Synonyms
Amomum L.
Cassumunar Colla
Dieterichia Giseke
Dymczewiczia Horan.
Jaegera Giseke
Thumung J.Koenig
Zerumbet T.Lestib.
Homonyms
Zingiber Mill.
Zingiber Adans., 1763
Zingiber Boehm.
Common names
Gember in Dutch
Gengibres in Portuguese
Gengibres asiáticos in Spanish
Gingembre in French
Gingembres vrais in French
Ginger in English
Ginger (not culinary) in English
Gingers in English
ginger in English
ginger in English
ginger in English
imbir in Polish
ingefäror in Swedish
ingver in Slovenian
inkiväärit in Finnish
true gingers in English
zázvorovník in Czech
ďumbier in Slovak
Імбір in Belarusian
Имбирь in Russian
ขิง กะทือ ฯลฯ in Thai
ショウガ属 in Japanese
姜属 in Chinese
薑屬 in Chinese
생강속 in Korean
ingefäror in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  2. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  3. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  4. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  5. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  6. Karlsson & Agestam (2013) Checklista över Nordens kärlväxter
  7. SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997
  8. Whittemore, Alan T., 2000: Zingiberaceae Lindley: Ginger Family. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae. 305-309.
  9. as per family
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