Shell Ginger

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View of stalk, leaves, and flowers of Shell ginger in the foreground of an open landscape — The nodding renealmia.

Artist

Name:: Henderson, Peter Charles
Dates:: 1799-1829
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Plants
Technique:: Metal engraving
Engraver:: Caldwall, James
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Missouri Botanical Garden Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus: and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature
Author(s):: Thornton, Robert John
Published:: London, 1807
Open Library:: View record

Description

View of stalk, leaves, and flowers of shell ginger in the foreground of an open landscape. Shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet), formerly known as nodding renealmia, is a plant in the family Zingiberaceae native to eastern Asia.

Keywords: 1800s, 19th century, color, flower, reference book, Zingiberaceae