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Supplement 16 (2004)

Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia

Mark Newman
Amιlie Lhuillier
Axel Dalberg Poulsen

166 pp. ISBN 90-71236-56-0 — Price: EUR 30.00

The Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia is a major step towards a revision of the Zingiberaceae for Flora Malesiana. The last monograph of the family was written a hundred years ago by Schumann (1904). Since then, revisions of the family have been published for smaller areas within Malesia, e.g. for Peninsular Malaysia by Holttum and for Borneo by Smith, but for the rest of the area taxonomic publications are scattered and outdated.
The list is a compilation of current knowledge which will be fundamental to future work. It comprises 1661 names derived from the International Plant Names Index and other publications on Zingiberaceae. For each name found, the authors and place of publication are cited in standard formats, along with an indication of the status of the name. Type specimens are cited from herbaria and from literature and, when lectotypes have been chosen, the place of lectotypification is given.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example from the checklist:

Alpinia aquatica (Retz.) Roscoe — (A)

Alpinia aquatica (Retz.) Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8 (1807) 346. — Basionym: Heritiera aquatica Retz., Observ. bot. 6 (1791) 18. — Type: J.G. Kφnig s.n., specimen lost.
Hellenia melanocarpa Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indiλ 24 (1862) 328. — Alpinia melanocarpa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32 (1899) 163. — Languas melanocarpa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Burkill, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 6 (1930) 260. — Type: J.E. Teijsmann s.n. (BO).
Alpinia fraseriana Oliv., Hookerʼs Icon. Pl. 16 (1887) t. 1567. — Languas fraseriana (Oliv.) Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15 (1929) 33. — Type: F.W. Burbidge s.n. (syn FI!), M. Fraser s.n. (syn K).
Alpinia rosella Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32 (1899) 164. — Lectotype: G.F. Hose 16 (K, designated by Turner, 2000), Brunei.
Alpinia exostylis K. Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46 (1904) 314. — Languas exostylis (K. Schum.) Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15 (1929) 34. — Type: P.W. Korthals s.n.
Alpinia cornucervi Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 46 (1906) 243. — Languas cornucervi (Ridl.) Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15 (1929) 34. — Type: J. Hewitt s.n. (holo K), Sarawak.
Alpinia rubella Ridl. in Winkler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44 (1910) 529. — Languas rubella (Ridl.) Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15 (1929) 35. — Type: H.J.P. Winkler 3095 (holo WRSL), Kalimantan.
Alpinia quadriloba Ridl., Bull. Misc. Inform. (1926) 90. — Type: C.B. Kloss 14527 (holo K, iso SING!), Pulau Siberut.

Distribution — Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, Kalimantan, Java.

The Checklist will not only be essential for botanists involved in identification, herbarium curation, and
revisions of gingers, but also for ethnobotanists, horticulturists and other people interested in useful or
ornamental species.

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