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Hedychium spicatum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q3628042
Hedychium spicatum
Bentham-Moxon Trust.; Curtis, William; Curtis's botanical magazine dedications, 1827-1927 : portraits and biographical notes.; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.; Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon, epiphyte[2]
Has use
medicinal plant, food[7][8]
Short name
H. spicatum[11]
Described by source
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[9]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[4]
Parent taxon
Hedychium[5]
Taxon common name
草果药, 豆寇, 疏穗姜花, 草果药, 土良姜[12][13][14][15][16]
Taxon name
Hedychium spicatum[6]
Taxon range
Tibet Autonomous Region[17]
Taxon rank
species[3]
This taxon is source of
perfume ginger[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hedychium spicatum hi कपूर कचरी zh 土良姜 zh 疏穗姜花 zh 草果药 zh 豆寇
🔖 Identifiers · 30
BOLD Systems taxon ID
550761
BioLib taxon ID
956546
CPNI ID
023-07030
CalPhotos taxon ID
Hedychium+spicatum
Catalogue of Life ID
3JZS3
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1118104
Flora of China ID
200028405
Flora of North America taxon ID
200028405
Flowers of India ID
Spiked Ginger Lily
Freebase ID
/m/026fzjw
GBIF taxon ID
2758631
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Show all 30 identifiers +18
INaturalist taxon ID
602628
IPNI plant ID
796894-1
IUCN taxon ID
46960086
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
243844
Indian Medicinal Plants Database ID
86da902d72336fd05c674e47ca98f36c
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777711066
NCBI taxonomy ID
110723
Open Tree of Life ID
750971
PfaF ID
Hedychium spicatum
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-248214
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796894-1
Reflora ID
FB616016
Royal Horticultural Society plant ID
8432
Tropicos ID
34500909
UMLS CUI
C1052150
UNII
V88105URGI
WCSPF ID
248214
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000436466

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🔗 Connections
← Found in taxon 17
(±)-limonene, linalool, camphene, myrcene, caryophyllene, sabinene, beta-pinene, isoeugenol +9 more
Has use 2
food, medicinal plant
Instance of 2
taxon, epiphyte
Parent taxon 1
Hedychium
Taxon range 1
Tibet Autonomous Region
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Hedychium spicatum is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IUCN taxon ID → 46960086
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  2. 25w ago · Ethmostigmus · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Tibet Autonomous Region
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)
    Parent taxon → Hedychium
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ IUCN conservation status: least concern"
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