Alpinia elegans is a species of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is found in Asia (the Philippines, Indonesia).

Alpinia elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Alpinia
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Alpinia elegans
(C. Presl) K. Schum., 1899[1]
Synonyms
  • Alpinia gigantea Fern.-Vill.
  • Alpinia gracilis (Blanco) Rolfe
  • Hellenia gracilis (Blanco) Hausskn.
  • Kolowratia elegans C.Presl
  • Languas elegans (C.Presl) Burkill
  • Renealmia gracilis Blanco

References edit

  1. ^ K. Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 288 1899