Alpinia

See also: alpinia and alpinią

Translingual

Etymology

Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.

Proper noun

Alpinia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – shell gingers, ginger lilies, a polyphyletic grouping of numerous species in the ginger family, grown as ornamentals.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Zingiberales – order; Zingiberaceae – family; Alpinioideae – subfamily; Alpineae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alpinia galanga (blue ginger) – type species; Alpinia officinarum (lesser galangal) – selected other species

Translations

genus

• Polish: alpinia f
• Russian: Альпи́ния f (Alʹpínija)
• Vietnamese: riềng (vi)

See also

• Renealmia (syn. Alpinia L.)

References

• “Alpinia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Alpinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alpinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Alpinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons