Alpinia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist. === Proper noun === Alpinia f 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 ==== === 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