Ginger family
ZINGIBERACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Alpinia officinarum Galingal Sydney, November 2007	Alpinia zerumbet Shell Ginger Wyee, June 2007	Alpinia zerumbet variegata Variegated Shell Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Costus barbatus Red Tower Ginger Wyee, February 2009
Costus productus Spiral Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Costus speciosus Crepe Ginger Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson Magnetic Island	Curcuma alismatifolia 'Siam Tulip' Siam Tulip Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, January 2007	Curcuma alismatifolia 'Siamese Pearl' Siamese Pearl Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007
Curcuma australasica Cape York Lily Wyee, November 2008	Curcuma cordata Pastel Hidden Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Curcuma cordata x Curcuma alismatifolia Laddawan specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Curcuma longa Turmeric Courtesy of Moon Products.
Curcuma hybrid Voodoo Magic specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom Newtown, February 2007	Etlingera elatior Pink Torch specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Hedychium gardnerianum Ginger Lily Newtown, February 2007
Hedychium greenii Ginger Lily Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney April 2008	Kaempferia ovalifolia Peacock Plant Wyee, December 2007	Kaempferia rotunda Resurrection Lily Wyee, April 2005	Zingiber malaysianum Midnight Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina

Zingiber officinale Common Ginger Sydney, August 2006

Zingiber spectabile Beehive Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina

Some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths which have been reported as using species in ZINGIBERACEAE for their foodplant are:

Notocrypya waigensis

Sceliodes cordalis

Conogethes punctiferalis

Bathytricha truncata

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 18 January 2012)