Hornstedtia scottiana

Hornstedtia scottiana, common known as Scott's ginger, jiddo, or native cardamom, is a very large ginger (member of the family Zingiberaceae) native to Queensland, New Guinea and the Maluku Islands. Its fruits are eaten by the cassowary. It is also a food plant for the larval stages of the Banded Demon Butterfly. [3]

Hornstedtia scottiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Hornstedtia
Species:
H. scottiana
Binomial name
Hornstedtia scottiana

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Elettaria scottiana from a specimen found in the rainforest in Rockingham's Bay by John Dallachy.[1][4] In 1904, it was redescribed as belonging to the genus, Hornstedtia, by Karl Moritz Schumann.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Hornstedtia scottiana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. Schumann, K.M. (1904) in Engler, H.G.A. Das Pflanzenreich 20: 194.
  3. "Hornstedtia scottiana", Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 24.
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