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Etlingera elatior - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Etlingera elatior - Flower head bud - Click to enlarge!

Flower head bud; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 6/2014 © Sonja Germer

Etlingera elatior - Opening flower head - Click to enlarge!

Opening flower head; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 6/2014 © Sonja Germer

Etlingera elatior - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 12/2003 © Schmitz Bongiolo

Etlingera elatior - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador; 1/2020 © Joachim Sauerborn

Etlingera elatior - Inflorescence, fertilisation of last flowers - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, fertilisation of last flowers; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 6/2014 © Sonja Germer

Etlingera elatior - Inflorescence and leaf stalks - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence and leaf stalks; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 6/2014 © Sonja Germer

Etlingera elatior - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador; 1/2020 © Joachim Sauerborn

Dataset

Identifier: 948
Date of entry: 09.10.2008
Last update: 11.06.2023

Common name

English: Torch Ginger

German: Fackelingwer

Mandarin: 火炬姜 (huo ju jiang)

Portuguese: Bastão do Imperador

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Zingiberales (26)

        Family: Zingiberaceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Etlingera (1)

            Epithet: elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm. (3)

elatior => higher, very lofty

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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