Alpinia

Accepted species 171 Documented here 21 Family Zingiberaceae

Accepted species 171 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. 343 documented
Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth. 154 documented
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum. 129 documented
Alpinia intermedia Gagnep. 88 documented
Alpinia uraiensis Hayata 74 documented
Alpinia pricei Hayata 52 documented
Alpinia formosana K.Schum. 44 documented
Alpinia shimadae Hayata 28 documented
Alpinia arundelliana (F.M.Bailey) K.Schum. 21 documented
Alpinia modesta F.Muell. ex K.Schum. 20 documented
Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. 18 documented
Alpinia oxymitra K.Schum. 18 documented
Alpinia hainanensis K.Schum. 16 documented
Alpinia arctiflora (F.Muell.) Benth. 11 documented
Alpinia oblongifolia Hayata 10 documented
Alpinia japonica (Thunb.) Miq. 9 documented
Alpinia flabellata Ridl. 8 documented
Alpinia kawakamii Hayata 6 documented
Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe 6 documented
Alpinia chinensis (Retz.) Roscoe 3 documented
Alpinia stachyodes Hance 3 documented
Alpinia calcarata (Andrews) Roscoe 2 below the evidence gate
Alpinia congesta Elmer 2 below the evidence gate
Alpinia officinarum Hance 2 below the evidence gate
Alpinia conchigera Griff. 1 below the evidence gate
Alpinia havilandii K.Schum. 1 below the evidence gate
Alpinia mutica Roxb. 1 below the evidence gate
Alpinia siamensis K.Schum. 1 below the evidence gate
Alpinia × ilanensis S.C.Liu & J.C.Wang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia × okinawaensis Tawada 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia adana C.K.Lim 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia amentacea R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia apoensis Elmer 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia aquatica (Retz.) Roscoe 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia arachniformis A.D.Poulsen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia argentea (B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.) R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia asmy C.K.Lim 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia assimilis Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia auriculata Roscoe 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia austrosinensis (D.Fang) P.Zou & Y.S.Ye 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia bambusifolia C.F.Liang & D.Fang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia beamanii R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia boninsimensis Makino 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia borraginoides K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia brachyantha Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia brevilabris C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia breviligulata (Gagnep.) Gagnep. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia brevis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia calcicola Q.B.Nguyen & M.F.Newman 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia capitellata Jack 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia chrysorachis K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia condensata Valeton 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia conghuaensis J.P.Liao & T.L.Wu 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia copelandii Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia coriacea T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia coriandriodora D.Fang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia corneri (Holttum) R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia costata Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia cristata Griff. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia cumingii K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia denticulata (Ridl.) Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia diffissa Roscoe 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia elegans (C.Presl) K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia elmeri R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia emaculata S.Q.Tong 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia epiphytica Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia eubractea K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia foxworthyi Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia fusiformis R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia gagnepainii K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia glabra Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia glabrescens Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia globosa (Lour.) Horan. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia graminea Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia graminifolia D.Fang & G.Y.Lo 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia guinanensis D.Fang & X.X.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia haenkei C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia hansenii R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia hibinoi Masam. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia hirsuta (Lour.) Horan. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia hulstijnii Valeton 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia hylandii R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia illustris Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia javanica Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia jianganfeng T.L.Wu 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia jingxiensis D.Fang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia koidzumiana Kitam. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia kusshakuensis Hayata 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia kwangsiensis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia latilabris Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia lauterbachii Valeton 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia ligulata K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia ludwigiana R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia maclurei Merr. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia macrocephala K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia macrocrista Ardiyani & Ardi 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia macroscaphis K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia macrostaminodia Chaveer. & Sudmoon 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia macrostephana (Baker) Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia macroura K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia maculata Roscoe 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia manii Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia martini R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia melichroa (K.Schum.) K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia menghaiensis S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia mesanthera Hayata 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia microlophon Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia mollis C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia mollissima Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia murdochii Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia nantoensis F.Y.Lu & Y.W.Kuo 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia napoensis H.Dong & G.J.Xu 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia newmanii N.S.Lý 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia nieuwenhuizii Valeton 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) B.L.Burtt 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia novae-pommeraniae K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia oceanica Burkill 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia orthostachys K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia oui Y.H.Tseng & Chih C.Wang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia ovata Z.L.Zhao & L.S.Xu 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia ovoidocarpa H.Dong & G.J.Xu 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia padacanca Valeton ex K.Heyne 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pahangensis Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia penduliflora Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia penicillata Roscoe 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia petiolata Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia phoenicea Kurz 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pinnanensis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia platychilus K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia polyantha D.Fang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia porrecta Wall. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia psilogyna D.Fang 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia ptychanthera K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pubiflora (Benth.) K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pulchella (K.Schum.) K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pulcherrima Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pumila Hook.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia pusilla Ardiyani & Ardi 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia rafflesiana Wall. ex Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia romblonensis Elmer 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia romburghiana Valeton 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia roscoeana Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia rosea Elmer 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia roxburghii Sweet 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia rubricaulis K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia rubromaculata S.Q.Tong 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia rufa (C.Presl) Náves 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia rugosa S.J.Chen & Z.Y.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia ruitziana Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia scabra (Blume) Náves 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia seimundii Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia sibuyanensis Elmer 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia smithiae M.Sabu & Mangaly 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia stenostachys K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia strobiliformis T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia subfusicarpa Elmer 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia submutica K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia subspicata Valeton 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia sumatrana (Miq.) K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia suriana C.K.Lim 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia tamacuensis R.M.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia tonkinensis Gagnep. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia tonrokuensis Hayata 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia trachyascus K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia velutina Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia versicolor K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia vitellina (Lindl.) Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia vittata W.Bull 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia warburgii K.Schum. 0 below the evidence gate
Alpinia wenzelii Merr. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.