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Hornstedtia scottiana

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Species of flowering plant

Hornstedtia scottiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Hornstedtia
Species: H. scottiana
Binomial name
Hornstedtia scottiana
(F.Muell.) K.Schum.

Hornstedtia scottiana, common known as Scott's ginger, jiddo, or native cardamom, is a very large ginger (member of the family Zingiberaceae) native to Queensland, New Guinea and the Maluku Islands. Its fruits are eaten by the cassowary. It is also a food plant for the larval stages of the Banded Demon Butterfly.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Elettaria scottiana from a specimen found in the rainforest in Rockingham's Bay by John Dallachy. In 1904, it was redescribed as belonging to the genus, Hornstedtia, by Karl Moritz Schumann.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hornstedtia scottiana". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ Schumann, K.M. (1904) in Engler, H.G.A. Das Pflanzenreich 20: 194.
  3. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Hornstedtia scottiana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 24.
Taxon identifiers
Hornstedtia scottiana
Elettaria scottiana
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