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Zingiber spectabile Griff.

Maraca, micrófono, Jengibre, maraca, Beehive Ginger

Grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food (POWO, 2023).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Zingiberales

Family
Zingiberaceae

Genus
Zingiber

Species
spectabile

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia (POWO, 2023).

References

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517

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"Galapagos Species Database, Zingiber spectabile", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25046. Accessed 4 June 2025.