Alpinia

See also: alpinia and alpinią

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.

Proper noun

Alpinia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – shell gingers, 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

Translations

genus

• Polish: alpinia f
• Russian: Альпи́ния f (Alʹpínija)
• Vietnamese: riềng (vi)

See also

• Alpīnus