Zingiber ottensii Valeton
- Common Name: Zingiber ottensii
- Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
- Country of Origin: W. Malesia
- Habitat: broad leaved evergreen forest on granite
- Uses: Z. ottensii is used as a spice to replace Alpinia galanga in local traditional dishes. Also reported used in traditional medicine.
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Accession Data:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
- Tribe: Zingibereae
- SubTribe:
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References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- Thi Huong, Le & Ly, Ngoc-Sam & Truong, Vuong. (2016). Zingiber ottensii Vaeleton (Zingiberaceae) - a newly recorded species for Vietnam, Bioscience Discovery. 7. 93-96.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.
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