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Hedychium
Hedychium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc.), southern China, the Himalayas and Madagascar. Some species have become widely naturalized in other lands (South Africa, South America, Central America, the West Indies, and many of the islands of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans) and considered invasive in some...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Butterfly ginger lily
speciesHedychium coronarium
Kahili ginger
speciesHedychium gardnerianum
Yellow ginger
speciesHedychium flavescens
Orange ginger lily
speciesHedychium coccineum
Spiked Ginger Lily
speciesHedychium spicatum
Hedychium greenii
speciesHedychium greenii
Hedychium cylindricum
speciesHedychium cylindricum
Hedychium flavum
speciesHedychium flavum
Hedychium ellipticum
speciesHedychium ellipticum
Hedychium roxburghii
speciesHedychium roxburghii
Hedychium thyrsiforme
speciesHedychium thyrsiforme
Hedychium villosum
speciesHedychium villosum
Hedychium yunnanense
speciesHedychium yunnanense
Hedychium densiflorum
speciesHedychium densiflorum
Hedychium horsfieldii
speciesHedychium horsfieldii
Hedychium stenopetalum
speciesHedychium stenopetalum
Hedychium puerense
speciesHedychium puerense
Hedychium neocarneum
speciesHedychium neocarneum
Hedychium venustum
speciesHedychium venustum
Hedychium forrestii
speciesHedychium forrestii
Hedychium longicornutum
speciesHedychium longicornutum
Hedychium bijiangense
speciesHedychium bijiangense
Hedychium muluense
speciesHedychium muluense
Hedychium glabrum
speciesHedychium glabrum
Hedychium philippinense
speciesHedychium philippinense
Hedychium gracile
speciesHedychium gracile
Hedychium kwangsiense
speciesHedychium kwangsiense
Hedychium borneense
speciesHedychium borneense
Red butterfly ginger
speciesHedychium deceptum
Hedychium boloveniorum
speciesHedychium boloveniorum
Hedychium longipetalum
speciesHedychium longipetalum
Hedychium hookeri
speciesHedychium hookeri
Hedychium speciosum
speciesHedychium speciosum
Hedychium elatum
speciesHedychium elatum
Hedychium yungjiangense
speciesHedychium yungjiangense
Hedychium simaoense
speciesHedychium simaoense
Hedychium menghaiense
speciesHedychium menghaiense
Hedychium hasseltii
speciesHedychium hasseltii
Hedychium wangmoense
speciesHedychium wangmoense
Hedychium erythrostemon
speciesHedychium erythrostemon
Hedychium brevicaule
speciesHedychium brevicaule
Hedychium tenellum
speciesHedychium tenellum
Hedychium putaoense
speciesHedychium putaoense
Hedychium viridibracteatum
speciesHedychium viridibracteatum
Hedychium griersonianum
speciesHedychium griersonianum
Hedychium parvibracteatum
speciesHedychium parvibracteatum
Hedychium nutantiflorum
speciesHedychium nutantiflorum
Hedychium dichotomatum
speciesHedychium dichotomatum
Hedychium bipartitum
speciesHedychium bipartitum
Hedychium menglianense
speciesHedychium menglianense
Hedychium convexum
speciesHedychium convexum
Hedychium pauciflorum
speciesHedychium pauciflorum
Hedychium qingchengense
speciesHedychium qingchengense
Hedychium tienlinense
speciesHedychium tienlinense
Hedychium lineare
speciesHedychium lineare
Hedychium hirsutissimum
speciesHedychium hirsutissimum
Hedychium wardii
speciesHedychium wardii
Hedychium bousigonianum
speciesHedychium bousigonianum
Hedychium tengchongense
speciesHedychium tengchongense
Hedychium collinum
speciesHedychium collinum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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