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	PBSWiki - Alpinia
		Alpinia is a genus in the Zingiberaceae or ginger family.
		Alpinia japonica is an unusually hardy member of this genus from China, Taiwan, and Japan.
		Alpinia pumila is an unusually hardy member of this genus from China.
	www.pacificbulbsociety.org /pbswiki/index.php/Alpinia (183 words)

	Plant Care Instructions for Ginger - Alpinia
		This Alpinia is root hardy to Zone 8, but it only flowers on old growth, so the flowers rarely will be seen except in frost-free areas.
		Culture: Alpinia's are tolerant to a wide range of light conditions from light shade to full sun, so long as there is adequate moisture.
		Alpinias grow from thick fleshy roots called "rhizomes", similar in appearance to the "ginger root" found in grocery stores.
	www.plants.com /Alpinia.aspx (211 words)

	Floridata: Alpinia zerumbet
		Alpinia zerumbet is a native of India, but the species has been naturalized in Brazil.
		Alpinias grow from thick fleshy roots called "rhizomes", similar in appearance to the "ginger root" found in grocery stores.
		Alpinia nutans is a very different-looking plant - with short, medium green leaves that have a unique fragrance when rubbed or crushed.
	www.floridata.com /ref/A/alpi_zer_var.cfm (638 words)

	Gingers ( Alpinias )
		Alpinias are easy to grow requiring well draining soil kept on the moist side and preferring humidity and partial sun/shade.
		The foliage alone on this rare alpinia is beautiful just on it's own, but it's flower bract is made up cerise red bracts to make make up a large cone inflorescence with tiny white flowers that peek out intermittently.
		An outstanding new alpinia collected in China 3' to 5' in height with wavy fuzzy leaves on the undersides.
	www.alohatropicals.com /Gingers_Alpinias.html (836 words)

	:: Giardino Alpinia Stresa Mottarone :: Alpinia Garden Stresa-Mottarone
		Il "Giardino Botanico Alpinia" è situato sulle colline sovrastanti Stresa, sul Lago Maggiore, con una vista incomparabile sul Golfo Borromeo.
		Il "Giardino Botanico Alpinia" fu istituito nel 1934 con formale atto presso il Comune di Stresa, da Igino Ambrosiani e Giuseppe Rossi e fino al termine del periodo fascista si chiamerà "Duxia".
		Henry Correvon, fondatore nel 1889 del Giardino alpino "La Linnea" in Val d'Entremont (Svizzera), in una conferenza tenuta a Milano nel 1934 presso l'Aula Magna del liceo Beccaria, affermò: "Ho visto dove Duxia nasce, ho visto molti bei luoghi d'Europa e d'America, dichiaro che il belvedere dell'Alpino è il più bello del mondo.
	www.giardinoalpinia.it (359 words)

	www.TopTropicals.com - rare plants for home and garden
		Alpinia sanderae: this is a horticultural name, never recognized by the botanists.
		To complete the story, Alpinia vittata was the original name for the plant, and that name is still the correct name.
		Alpinia vittata - seldow blooms in cultivation, variegated leaves, root hardy to zone 9B.
	toptropicals.com /catalog/uid/Alpinia_vittata.htm (324 words)

	Acta Botanica Brasilica - Leaf anatomy of Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) Burtt & Smith (Zingiberaceae) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A espécie estudada, Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) Burtt and Smith, muito cultivada pela beleza de suas flores (Joly 1993), é conhecida pelos nomes vulgares de colônia, paco-seroca, cuité-açu, pacová (Almeida,1993), gengibre-concha (Lorenzi and Souza 1995), cardamomo-do-mato, cardamomo-falso, cana-do-brejo, cana-do-mato e paco-seroso (Machado 1996).
		Alpinia zerumbet tem sido descrita como planta rizomatosa, apresentando folhas diferenciadas em lâmina, pecíolo curto, lígula e bainha.
		Alpinia zerumbet, no entanto, possui organização dorsiventral, típica das lâminas das dicotiledôneas e que pode aqui ser explicada em relação ao posicionamento das folhas, visto que se apresentam patentes, propiciando a especialização em parênquima paliçádico e lacunoso.
	www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062004000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt (5594 words)

	The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia presents a detailed account of Alpinia Flower, the popular tropical flower
		Alpinia, besides having attractive flowers, is a very beautiful foliage plant, the leaves of which are excellent for cut flower arrangements.
		Alpinia plant does not produce flowers for the first 3 years, but when they grow, they show huge football sized flowers, blooming all year around.
		One of the features of Alpinia plant is that the new plants grow in the middle the old flowers, which weigh the flowers down to the ground.
	www.theflowerexpert.com /content/aboutflowers/tropicalflowers/alpinia (663 words)

	Effect of Alpinia oxyphylla Fruit Extract on Compound 48/80-induced Anaphylactic Reactions American Journal of Chinese ...
		Alpinia oxyphylla has the pharmacological functions of antiulcer effect (Yamahara et al., 1990), calcium-antagonistic effect (Shoji et al., 1984), antifungal effect (Haraguchi et al., 1996) and antiulcerative effect (Kubo et al., 1995), and has been used for diarrhea, dyspepsia, abdominal pain and spermatorrhea (Paul et al., 1997).
		Alpinia oxyhylla fruits were obtained from the Oriental drug store, Bohwa Dang of Chonju, South Korea, and identified by T.K. Kim, College of Pharmacy, Woosuk University.
		The Alpinia oxyphylla was extracted with distilled water at 70 [degrees] C for 5 hr (two times).
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HKP/is_2_29/ai_78918843 (1017 words)

	Alpinia zerumbet - Shell Ginger - Zingiberaceae
		Alpinia zerumbet is a native of Southeast Asia.
		Propagation: Alpinia zerumbet are propagated by the division of the rhizome in the winter months.
		Alpinia zerumbet was featured as Plant of the Week Febuary 4-10, 2000.
	www.plantoftheweek.org /week064.shtml (300 words)

	Alpinia, unidentified ginger, ornamental gingers of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
		Alpinia, unidentified ginger, ornamental gingers of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
		The flowers of this beautiful alpinia species are covered with a light pink colour.
		Alpinia in its natural habitat at the edge of a tropical mountain forest at about 1200 m asl.
	natureproducts.net /Forest_Products/Gingers/Alpinia.html (490 words)

	The molecular phylogeny of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a complex and polyphyletic genus of gingers -- Kress et al. 92 (1): ...
		The molecular phylogeny of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a complex and polyphyletic genus of gingers -- Kress et al.
		The molecular phylogeny of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a complex and polyphyletic genus of gingers
		Alpinia is the largest, most widespread, and most taxonomically
	www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/short/92/1/167 (351 words)

	Erowid Galangal (Alpinia spp.) Vault : Legal Status
		Galangal (Alpinia spp) is uncontrolled in the United States.
		This means all parts of the plant and its extracts are legal to cultivate, buy, possess, and distribute (sell, trade or give) without a license or prescription.
		Alpinia spp is approved for food use as a spice or seasoning in the U.S. and appears in the FDA's list of substances Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS).
	www.erowid.org /herbs/galangal/galangal_law.shtml (297 words)

	Alpinia zerumbet: Potential Threat to Maui Ecosystems (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In March 2000, it was first reported escaping from cultivation into the wild on Kauai, and has now been found to be spreading on Maui.
		There are many other beautiful gingers that are not invasive and can be planted to replace your shell gingers.
		Alpinia zerumbet emerging through a lawn of St. Augustine grass.
	dynamics.org /~altenber/PROJECTS/MAUI/ALPINIA (273 words)

	Database Entry for Shell Flower - Alpinia zerumbet - Shell Ginger - Alpinia speciosa
		Shell-flower is in the ginger family and is native tropical China, Japan, India, Indo-China, Cambodia, Thailand Vietnam, and Malaysia.
		Shell-flower was first botanically referred to as Alpinia speciosa but has been standardized A.
		On the constituents of the rhizomata of Alpinia speciosa K.
	www.rain-tree.com /shell-flower.htm (1011 words)

	Le Jardin Ombragé Ginger Genera - Alpinia Notes
		It was reclassified by Roscoe in 1807 as an Alpinia (A. aquatica)
		Alpinia jianganfeng is closely related to A. bambusifolia C. Liang & D. Fang, from which it differs in having glabrous sheaths, spikes 10--20 cm long, flowers in fascicles of 3, and a labellum 7--13 mm long with a crisp margin.
		As noted by Derek Burch, Alpinia purpurata sometimes produces plantlets (similar to Hedychium greenei) at the inflorescence.
	gingers.50megs.com /Alpinia/Notes.htm (6763 words)

	Alpinia purpurata - Red ginger (Zingiberaceae) - Plants of Hawaii
		Alpinia purpurata - Red ginger (Zingiberaceae) - Plants of Hawaii
		More information about Alpinia purpurata - Red ginger (Zingiberaceae)
		This page was created on November 01, 2002 by Starr, and was last updated on November 09, 2007 by Starr.
	www.hear.org /starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/alpinia_purpurata.htm (39 words)

	Königreich Alpinia
		Ich freue mich über Ihr Interesse an unserem schönen Land.
		Das Königreich Alpinia ist eine Micronation, ein virtueller Staat und somit Teil einer großen Gemeinschaft von Staaten.
		Was auch immer Sie nach Alpinia geführt hat - ich wünsche Ihnen einen angenehmen Aufenthalt im Land und hoffe, Ihnen Alpinia näher gebracht zu haben, auf dass auch Sie Interesse bekommen, an unserer Gesellschaft teilzuhaben.
	www.alpinia.org (86 words)

	Alpinia - Very common Malaysian Ginger plants
		It is farmed on a commercial scale as well as some plants in the domestic garden.
		There is yet another species of Alpinia popularly seen in Malaysian gardens.
		This is another group of plants that has close resemblances to this pair.
	naturepark.freeservers.com /ginger/041alpinia.htm (257 words)

	The molecular phylogeny of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a complex and polyphyletic genus of gingers -- Kress et al. 92 (1): ...
		Alpinia is the type genus of the tribe Alpinieae A. Rich.
		The six major clades of Alpinia and non-Alpinieae tribes and subfamilies of the Zingiberaceae are indicated.
		Rangsiruji A. Newman Q. Cronk 2000b A study of the infrageneric classification of Alpina (Zingiberaceae) based on the ITS region of nuclear rDNA and the trnL-F spacer of chloroplast DNA.
	www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/92/1/167 (5767 words)

	DISTRETTO TURISTICO DEI LAGHI :: PARKS :: Il Giardino Alpinia
		Founded in 1934 l'Orto Botanico Giardino Alpinia (Alpinia Botanical Gardens) constitutes a splendid natural balcony overlooking the Borromeo Gulf and Lake Maggiore.
		The Alpinia Garden boasts a collection of over 1000 species of predominantly alpine and medicinal plants, including bluebells, geraniums, pinks, and of course the famous edelweiss, which blooms in May and June.
		Also of note is the presence of an inviting natural spring which awaits guests wanting a bit of restorative rest and relaxation at the end of their visit.
	www.distrettolaghi.it /en/parchi/p_giardinoalpinia.html (193 words)

	Alpinia Fruit - Chinese Herbs
		It is used for cold conditions of the kidney care, including impotence, spermatorrhea and dribbling of urine.
		Alpinia is a kidney care yang tonic used to warm the kidney care and to retain essence.
		This herb should not be used by people who are deficient in Yin or are excessive in yang.
	www.dragonchineseherbs.com /catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=65 (403 words)

	eBay Store - Alpinia Collection: Customer Service Centre (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We promise our patrons that the pictures illustrated at Alpinia Collection are shot by ourselves and we only photograph the dresses designed and manufactured by Alpinia Collection.
		The clothing from Alpinia Collection is made of superior quality fabric with exquisite craftsmanship.
		Alpinia Collection has recruited overseas clothing factories for gown manufacturing in order to minimise the cost.
	stores.ebay.com /Alpinia-Collection/Customer-Service-Centre.html (476 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Galangal - Herb Profile and Information
		---Description---The genus Alpinia was named by Plumier after Prospero Alpino, a famous Italian botanist of the early seventeenth century.
		The drug has been known in Europe for seven centuries longer than its botanical origin, for it was only recognized in 1870, when specimens were examined that had been found near Tung-sai, in the extreme south of China, and later, on the island of Hainan, just opposite.
		The name of Alpinia officinarum was given to the herb, as the source of Lesser Galangal.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/g/galang01.html (565 words)

	eBay Australia Shop - Alpinia Collection: US Size 16, US Size 10, US Size 12 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alpinia SEXY Satin Evening Dress/Party Gown/UK Size 18
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	stores.ebay.com.au /Alpinia-Collection (161 words)

	ALPINIA GALANGA TINCTURE.
		Alpinia galanga is aromatic and carminative; the effects is similar to Ginger.
		Toxicity studies on Alpinia galanga and Curcuma longa.
		Analysis of the essential oils of the leaves, stems, rhizomes and roots of the medicinal plant Alpinia galanga from southern India.
	www.tropilab.com /galangatincture.html (276 words)

	Germany Hotel - Hotel Landhaus Alpinia Berlin Germany
		Tastefully arranged furniture, pictures and floral decorations lend a Southern flair to the sedate district of Mariendorf.
		The name "Alpinia" brings back to memory a long-standing family tradition: The "Bayrische Wirtshaus Alpinia", was located at the same spot for over 80 years.
		Lounge around on one of our sunny patios and enjoy the landscaped Alpinia gardens, or hire a bicycle.
	www.southtravels.com /europe/germany/hotellandhausalpinia/index.html (504 words)

	fragrant alpinia purpurata update - Ginger Forum - GardenWeb
		This is a progress report on what I am calling a fragrant alpinia purpurata, only because as I remember it, it was highly scented.
		They almost did not make it through the Minnesota winter, I even question it still, they were not outside of course, but inside in the basement under artificial light MH/FLOR for the past 9 months, never seeing the light of day.
		There is a photo posted in the gallery under: should be fragrant alpinia purpurata....it was a larger picture and showed scale but was trimmed to be able to be posted under 61k, I noticed larger pictures at less k than mine?
	forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/ginger/msg0604054229118.html (468 words)

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