Native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into Ascension, Azores, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Leeward Is., New Caledonia, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Solomon Is., St.Helena, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Zingiberaceae

Genus

Alpinia

Specific Epithet

zerumbet

Authorship

(Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#308,653 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →