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Collection Holdings:

Zingiberales

    Cannaceae

    • Canna indica
    • Canna indica W/C
    • Canna jaegeriana
    • Canna liliiflora
    • Canna tuerckheimii W/C

    Costaceae

    • Chamaecostus cuspidatus
    • Cheilocostus speciosus W/C
    • Costus afer
    • Costus aff. guanaiensis
    • Costus asplundii
    • Costus bracteatus
    • Costus chartaceus W/C
    • Costus comosus var. bakeri
    • Costus dubius
    • Costus lasius
    • Costus lateriflorus
    • Costus malortieanus
    • Costus phaeotrichus W/C
    • Costus pictus
    • Costus productus
    • Costus pulverulentus
    • Costus scaber
    • Costus spectabilis
    • Costus spicatus W/C
    • Costus tappenbeckianus
    • Costus tonkinensis
    • Costus vargasii
    • Costus vinosus W/C
    • Costus woodsonii
    • Dimerocostus strobilaceus
    • Monocostus uniflorus

    Heliconiaceae

    • Heliconia caribaea
    • Heliconia mutisiana
    • Heliconia psittacorum Kaleidoscope
    • Heliconia rostrata
    • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican

    Lowiaceae

    • Orchidantha chinensis W/C
    • Orchidantha chinensis
    • Orchidantha fimbriata W/C
    • Orchidantha siamensis W/C

    Marantaceae

    • Calathea aff. micans
    • Calathea lancifolia
    • Calathea metallica
    • Calathea variegata W/C
    • Ctenanthe burle-marxii
    • Ctenanthe compressa
    • Ctenanthe setosa
    • Donax canniformis W/C
    • Goeppertia bella
    • Goeppertia louisae
    • Goeppertia makoyana
    • Goeppertia marantifolia
    • Goeppertia zebrina
    • Hypselodelphys hirsuta
    • Indianthus virgatus
    • Maranta arundinacea W/C
    • Maranta cristata W/C
    • Maranta leuconeura
    • Marantochloa conferta
    • Marantochloa leucantha
    • Marantochloa purpurea
    • Megaphrynium macrostachyum
    • Phrynium imbricatum W/C
    • Pleiostachya pruinosa
    • Saranthe sp.
    • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum
    • Stachyphrynium latifolium W/C
    • Stachyphrynium sp. W/C
    • Stachyphrynium spicatum W/C
    • Stromanthe thalia
    • Thalia geniculata
    • Thaumatococcus daniellii

    Musaceae

    • Ensete superbum
    • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish'
    • Musa basjoo
    • Musa laterita W/C
    • Musa ornata
    • Musa sikkimensis
    • Musa textilis
    • Musa velutina

    Strelitziaceae

    • Phenakospermum guyannense
    • Strelitzia nicolai
    • Strelitzia reginae

    Zingiberaceae

      Subfamily Alpinioideae
      Tribe Alpinieae

      • Aframomum angustifolium W/C
      • Aframomum mala
      • Aframomum melegueta W/C
      • Alpinia boninsimensis
      • Alpinia elegans
      • Alpinia galanga W/C
      • Alpinia kwangsiensis
      • Alpinia latilabris
      • Alpinia maclurei
      • Alpinia malaccensis W/C
      • Alpinia nigra W/C
      • Alpinia roxburghii W/C
      • Alpinia zerumbet
      • Elettaria cardamomum
      • Elettariopsis aff. curtisii W/C
      • Elettariopsis smithiae W/C
      • Elettariopsis sp.
      • Etlingera sp. W/C
      • Wurfbainia testacea

      Subfamily Alpinioideae
      Tribe Riedelieae

      • Burbidgea schizocheila
      • Pleuranthodium schlechteri
      • Pleuranthodium schlechteri aff. W/C
      • Riedelia sp.
      • Siamanthus siliquosus W/C

      Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
      Tribe Siphonochileae

      • Siphonochilus kirkii

      Subfamily Zingiberoideae
      Tribe Globbeae

      • Gagnepainia thoreliana
      • Globba annamensis
      • Globba arracanensis W/C
      • Globba curtisii W/C
      • Globba kerrii W/C
      • Globba marantina W/C
      • Globba marantina W/C
      • Globba orixensis W/C
      • Globba pendula W/C
      • Globba pendula W/C
      • Globba radicalis W/C
      • Globba schomburgkii W/C
      • Globba unifolia
      • Globba winitii
      • Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis W/C

      Subfamily Zingiberoideae
      Tribe Zingibereae

      • Boesenbergia albomaculata W/C
      • Boesenbergia kingii W/C
      • Boesenbergia longiflora W/C
      • Boesenbergia maxwellii W/C
      • Boesenbergia pulcherrima W/C
      • Boesenbergia rotunda W/C
      • Curcuma aeruginosa W/C
      • Curcuma aff. elata
      • Curcuma attenuata W/C
      • Curcuma attenuta aff. W/C
      • Curcuma colorata
      • Curcuma heyneana
      • Curcuma longa
      • Curcuma longa W/C
      • Curcuma longa
      • Curcuma petiolata W/C
      • Curcuma petiolata W/C
      • Curcuma phaeocaulis W/C
      • Curcuma rubrobracteata W/C
      • Curcuma singularis W/C
      • Curcuma viridiflora W/C
      • Distichochlamys rubrostriata W/C
      • Haniffia albiflora
      • Hedychium aff. flavescens
      • Hedychium coronarium
      • Hedychium forrestii W/C
      • Hedychium gardnerianum
      • Hedychium greenii
      • Hedychium hasseltii
      • Hedychium horsfieldii
      • Hedychium longicornutum W/C
      • Hedychium rubrum
      • Kaempferia gilbertii
      • Kaempferia parviflora
      • Kaempferia Roscoeana
      • Kaempferia sp. Hieroglyphics
      • Larsenianthus careyanus
      • Rhynchanthus beesianus W/C
      • Smithatris myanmarensis W/C
      • Stahlianthus involucratus
      • Stahlianthus involucratus W/C
      • Zingiber aff. roseum W/C
      • Zingiber corallinum W/C
      • Zingiber flavovirens W/C
      • Zingiber longiligulatum W/C
      • Zingiber montanum W/C
      • Zingiber montanum W/C
      • Zingiber roseum W/C
      • Zingiber rubens W/C
      • Zingiber spectabile
      • Zingiber zerumbet

      W/C = Wild Collected
      = Currently Flowering
      = Image(s) Available
      = map available for this accession
      = voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
      = accession added within past 90 days

      data regenerated on Fri, 09 May 2025 02:07:07 -0400

      Summary of EEB Greenhouse Accessions:

    • Cannaceae - 5
    • Costaceae - 26
    • Heliconiaceae - 5
    • Lowiaceae - 4
    • Marantaceae - 32
    • Musaceae - 8
    • Strelitziaceae - 3
    • Zingiberaceae - 91
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