VIRBOGA - Hedychium coronarium

Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Flower; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Inflorescence with faded flowers; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Inflorescence; Santo Antônio do Pinhal, Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Inflorescence (flower buds); Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Rootstock; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Rhizome; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Habit; Santo Antônio do Pinhal, Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Identifier: 1447
Date of entry: 21.11.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: White ginger lily

Mandarin: 姜花 (jiang hua)

Portuguese: Lírio-do-brejo

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

Class: Liliopsida (392)

Order: Zingiberales (26)

Family: Zingiberaceae (12)(family description)

Genus: Hedychium (6)

Epithet: coronarium Koenig (2)

coronarium => from lat. corona for crown, garlanding

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

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