Name: Alpinia zerumbet variegata is a variegated variety of Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
Common names: Shellplant, light galangal, pink porcelain-lily, shell-ginger, shellflower
Type: a rhizomatous geophyte
Family: Zingiberaceae
Native Range: S. Japan to Taiwan, S. China to N. Peninsula Malaysia
Zone: 9-11
Habitat: grows primarily in the subtropical biome
Height: up to 3 m
Spread: to 3 m
Sun: part shade to full sun
Water: Medium to high
Maintenance: Medium
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade
Taxon identifiers: NCBI taxonomy ID : 97723 ITIS TSN : 182557 Freebase ID : /m/06drtp PlantList-ID : kew-219119 Tropicos ID : 34500581 IPNI plant ID : 872083-1 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1126734 Flora of North America taxon ID : 200028307 Flora of China ID : 200028307 USDA PLANTS ID : ALZE GBIF taxon ID : 5301979 African Plant Database ID : 20085 New Zealand Organisms Register ID : f7529d35-3fb8-4cf1-8dbc-1ee81e30d79a Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID : 202277 EPPO Code : AIIZE iNaturalist taxon ID : 154776 TAXREF ID : 447930 WCSPF ID : 219119 uBio ID : 4962727 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:872083-1 IRMNG ID : 11259205 Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID : 109799 APNI ID : 201810 Global Invasive Species Database ID : 1617 Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden) : 287609 Atlas of Florida Plants ID : 427 Flowers of India ID : Shell Ginger Microsoft Academic ID : 2780215674 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000338850 IUCN taxon ID : 13507110 Red List of South African Plants ID : 2059-2 UNII : TW1B5UAE5T WordNet 3.1 Synset ID : 12378002-n Open Tree of Life ID : 55230 Queensland Biota ID : 29589 Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID : 191350 Tela Botanica ID : 166593 NatureServe Explorer ID : 2.160830 Catalogue of Life ID : C6ZV UMLS CUI : C1044673
Synonyms: = Alpinia cristata Griff. = Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep. = Alpinia fluvitialis Hayata = Alpinia nutans var. longiramosa Gagnep. = Alpinia penicillata Roscoe = Alpinia schumanniana Valeton = Alpinia speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) K.Schum. = Alpinia speciosa subsp. longiramosa Gagnep. = Alpinia speciosa var. longiramosa Gagnep. = Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult. = Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum ≡ Costus zerumbet Pers. = Languas schumanniana (Valeton) Sasaki = Languas speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) Merr. = Languas speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) Small = Renealmia nutans Andrews = Renealmia spectabilis Rusby = Zerumbet speciosum J.C.Wendl.