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Taxonomy
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to access the GRIN database record about the specific taxonomical hierarchy (Family, Genus etc.).CLASSIFICATION
TAXON
Zingiber officinale Roscoe
FAMILY
Zingiberaceae Martinov
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
TRIBE
Zingiberoideae
SUBTRIBE
Zingibereae
GENUS
Zingiber Boehm.
SPECIES
officinale Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8:348. 1807
Plant Description
Up to 1.3 m. Leaves sessile, up to c. 15 x 2(3) cm, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Inflorescence on an up to 25 cm erect peduncle. Bracts green with a paler margin. Flowers yellow with a purple, yellow-spotted labellum; anther dark purple.
