Zingiber

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Zingiber P. Mill.
Engl.: ginger.
Deu.: Ingwer.
Sven.: ingefära.
Suom.: inkivääri.

Zingiber cassumunar Roxb., Zingiberaceae: See Zingiber montanum (J. König) Theilade.

Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Rosc.
Engl.: Mioga ginger, Japanese wild ginger, temperate ginger.
Deu.: Japanischer Ingwer, Japan-Ingwer, Myoga-Ingwer.

Zingiber montanum (J. Knig) Theilade.
Engl.: cassumunar ginger, Bengal ginger, cassumar ginger.
Deu.: Bengal-Ingwer, Blockzitwer.
Fran.: gingembre marron.
Span.: jengibre.
Bot. syn.: Zingiber cassumunar Roxb., Zingiber purpureum Roscoe.

Zingiber nigrum Gaertn., Zingiberaceae: See Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt.

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Zingiber officinale Roscoe.
Engl.: garden ginger, ginger, adrak, Canton ginger, common ginger, culinary ginger.
Deu.: Ingwer.
Fran.: gingembre.
Sven.: ingefära.
Suom.: inkivääri.
Ital.: zenzero.
Bot. syn.: Amomum angustifolium Salisb., Amomum zingiber L., Zingiber zingiber (L.) Karst.

Pre-Linnaean:
Amomum scapo nudo, spica ovata (Hort. cliff. 3., Hort. ups. 1., Flor. zeyl. 3., Mat. med. 1., Roy. lugdb. 12.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Amomum Zingiber, Jacquin Hort. Vindob. vol. I. t. 75. (Woodville),
Zingiber (Bauh. pin. 35.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Zingiber (Browne's Jam. 119, Sloane's Jam. I. p. 163. Inschi. Rheed. Mal.) (Woodville),
Zingiber angustiori folio, &c. (Pluk. Alm.) (Woodville),
Zingiber majus (Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 156.) (Woodville)

Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.
Engl.: bitter ginger, broad-leaved ginger, pinecone ginger, red pinecone ginger, shampoo ginger, wild ginger, zerumbet ginger.
Deu.: Wilder Ingwer.
Sven.: vild ingefära.
Bot. syn.: Amomum zerumbet L., Zingiber americans Blume.

Pre-Linnaean:
Amomum scapo nudo, spica oblonga obtusa (Hort. cliff. 3., Hort. ups. 1., Fl. zeyl. 2., Roy. lugdb. 12.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753) (Amomum zerumbet L.),
Zingiber latifolium sylvestre (Herm. lugdb. 636. t. 637.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753) (Amomum zerumbet L.) .