Alpinia roxburghii Sweet belongs to the Zingiberaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Alpinia blepharocalyx, D. Boufford 44112--China. Yunnan. Lao jun Shan. 30 Apr 2018. DSC00424 (203).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Alpinia
Specific Epithet
roxburghii
Authorship
Sweet
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#285,492 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
9%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
China, Yunnan, Malipo Xian.
22.942222, 104.594444
Location Remarks
Wenshan Zhuangzu-Miaozu-Zizhizhou. Southwest of the city of Malipo and almost exactly midway in a straight line between Nanwenhe-Xiang and Dulong-zhen, near Baishapo, along a tributary of the Tanshan-he (Tanshan River); ca. 10.4 km north of the border with Vietnam. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Lauraceae and Fagaceae dominant, with several species of Acer and shrubby understory with abundant colonies of Alpinia. 1250-1350 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
Mostly in shade all day at base of slope in forest and above the stream. Herbs, ca. 1.5 m tall; tepals ivory white, glossy outside, inside yellowish white along margin, but mostly brown inside.
