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|accepted_name=Alpinia zerumbet
|accepted_authority=(Persoon) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Smith
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
|place=31: 204. 1972
|year=1972
}}
|common_names=Shellflower
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Costus zerumbet
|authority=Persoon
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syn. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 3. 1805
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Languas speciosum
|authority=(J. C. Wendland) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Zerumbet speciosum
|authority=J. C. Wendland
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Alpinia;Alpinia zerumbet
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alpinia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Alpinia zerumbet]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaf </b>blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, (20–)33–67 × (3–)7.5–11 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> drooping, 15–30 × 6–10 cm; stalks of cincinni 0.3–3 cm, bracteoles sheathing, white proximally, pink distally. <b>Flowers</b>: lip yellow with red penciling, perianth and staminodes otherwise white or pink.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
|habitat=Disturbed hammocks and thickets
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America;native;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Alpinia zerumbet</i> is commonly cultivated, but rarely escapes. The illegitimate name <i>Alpinia</i> speciosa (J. C. Wendland) K. Schumann and Hollrung 1887 [(not A. speciosa (Blume) D. Dietrich 1839]) has often been used for this species.</p>
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name=Alpinia zerumbet
|authority=(Persoon) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Smith
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Languas speciosum;Zerumbet speciosum
|basionyms=Costus zerumbet
|family=Zingiberaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
|habitat=Disturbed hammocks and thickets
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America;native;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
|publication year=1972
|special status=
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|genus=Alpinia
|species=Alpinia zerumbet
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