Alpinia

Summary

Alpinia is a taxon^[1]. Alpinia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month, #1,546 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alpinia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Alpinia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Prospero Alpini is named after Alpinia^[5].
• Alpinia is classified within Alpinieae^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Alpinia is Alpinia^[7].
• Alpinia's Commons category is recorded as Alpinia^[8].
• Alpinia's replaced synonym is recorded as Alpinia^[9].
• Alpinia's replaced synonym is recorded as Albina^[10].
• Alpinia's replaced synonym is recorded as Buekia^[11].
• Alpinia's replaced synonym is recorded as Zerumbet^[12].
• Alpinia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alpinia^[13].
• Alpinia's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[14].
• Alpinia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• Alpinia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)^[16].
• Alpinia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=451^[17].
• Alpinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'alpinia'}^[18].
• Alpinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ginger Lilies'}^[19].
• Alpinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Galangajuuret'}^[20].
• Alpinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Chi Riềng'}^[21].
• Alpinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '山姜属'}^[22].
• Alpinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山姜属'}^[23].
• Alpinia's subject has role is recorded as nomen conservandum^[24].
• Alpinia's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Alpinia^[25].
• Alpinia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Alpinia^[26].
• Alpinia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Alpinia^[27].

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Classification

Alpinia's scientific name is Alpinia^[7]. Alpinia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Alpinia is classified within Alpinieae^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'alpinia'}^[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ginger Lilies'}^[19], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Galangajuuret'}^[20], {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Chi Riềng'}^[21], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '山姜属'}^[22], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山姜属'}^[23].

Discovery and Description

Prospero Alpini is named after Alpinia^[5].

Identifiers

Alpinia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123736^[28]. Alpinia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94326^[29]. Alpinia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39839650^[30]. Alpinia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5301253^[31]. Alpinia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 182548^[32].

Why It Matters

Alpinia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month, #1,546 of 195,241).^[2] Alpinia has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Alpinia is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]