Zingiber zerumbet

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q60980
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Summary

Zingiber zerumbet is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,716 views/month, #1,254 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Data Deficient[4]
  • Parent taxon: Zingiber[5]
  • Taxon name: Zingiber zerumbet[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], food[8], vegetable[9]
  • Commons category: Zingiber zerumbet[10]
  • Has basionym: Amomum zerumbet[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zingiber zerumbet[12]
  • Commons gallery: Zingiber zerumbet[13]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[15], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401412[17]
  • Short name: Z. zerumbet[18]
  • Taxon common name: bitter ginger[19], 薑花[20], gừng gió[21], Shampoo Ginger[22], pinecone ginger[23], 红球姜[24], 煨姜[25]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[26]
  • Taxon author citation: (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.[27]
  • Hardiness of plant: 8[28]
  • Taxon range: Fujian[29], Tibet Autonomous Region[30], Guangdong[31], Myanmar[32]

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Identifiers

Zingiber zerumbet's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 170436[33]. Zingiber zerumbet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 311405[34]. Zingiber zerumbet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 987220[35]. Zingiber zerumbet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2757108[36]. Zingiber zerumbet's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42403[37].

Why It Matters

Zingiber zerumbet has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [35] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Vietherb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . The Garden.org Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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