View source for Hedychium ← Hedychium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Hedychium |accepted_authority=J. Konig |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in A. J. Retzius, Observ. Bot. |place=3: 73–74. 1783 |year=1783 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Hedychium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hedychium]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek edys, sweet, and chion, snow, for the fragrant white flowers |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Pseudostems </b>well -developed, 1–3 m. <b>Inflorescences</b> projecting from tip of pseudostem, dense, conelike [lax]; bracts of main axis crowded [not crowded], [2.5–]4–6[–7] cm, ovate to lanceolate [or almost circular]; cincinni sessile, [1–]2–3[–6]-flowered, enclosed in bracts; bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx cylindric, 3-toothed or -lobed, split down one side [not split]; corolla tube slender, lobes linear; filament linear, tubular-incurved, enclosing style; anther long-exserted, not spurred, terminal appendage none; lateral staminodes large, petal-like, lip oblong, plane, 2-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> capsule, globose. <b>x</b> = 17.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Australia;native;Asia and Madagascar. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 50 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hedychium |authority=J. Konig |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Zingiberaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Australia;native;Asia and Madagascar. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=in A. J. Retzius, Observ. Bot. |publication year=1783 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_60.xml |genus=Hedychium }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Zingiberaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Zingiberaceae (view source) Return to Hedychium.