Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hedychium coronarium
mariposa blanca, lirio de arroyo, palomitas, white ginger Lily, butterfly ginger, cinnamonjasmine
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Hedychium
Species
coronarium
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hedychium spicatum Lodd.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1986
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Jørgensen, P.M. Nee, M. & Beck, S. G. (2010) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hedychium coronarium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1055. Accessed 4 November 2026.