Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales
Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Zingibereae
Genus: Hedychium
Species: Hedychium coccineum
Name
Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
References
A. Rees, Cycl. 17: Hedychium no. 5. 1811
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]
Vernacular names
suomi: Tulituoksuinkivääri
4Hedychium coccineum is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is native to southern China (Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan), the Himalayas, India and Indochina.[1][2][3][4][5] Common names include orange gingerlily, scarlet gingerlily and orange bottlebrush ginger.
This erect herbaceous perennial grows on the edge of forests and in mountain grasslands. It prefers partial sunshine, but can tolerate full sun. The flowers can range in colour from red to orange to almost yellow.
Tom Wood developed a number of varieties of Hedychium coccineum including aurantiacum, commercially known as 'Orange Bush' or 'Flaming Torch', which grows to about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) with two close ranks of waxy leaves. The flower spike has six rows of small orange flowers with 7 cm (2.8 in) orange stamens that radiate outwards.
References
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China v 24 p 375, 红姜花 hong jiang hua, Hedychium coccineum Smith in Rees, Cycl. 17: Hedychium no. 5. 1811.
Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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