Hedychium spicatum: 1 definition

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Hedychium spicatum means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham. ex Smith is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Gandasulium sieboldii (Wall.) Kuntze, Gandasulium sieboldii Kuntze, Gandasulium spicatum (Sm.) Kuntze, Gandasulium spicatum Kuntze, Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe, Hedychium album Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe, Hedychium flavescens Lodd. ex Lindl., nom. illeg., Hedychium flavescens Lodd., Hedychium sieboldii Wall., Hedychium spicatum Lodd., Hedychium spicatum Smith, Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum (Roscoe) Wall., Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum C.B. Clarke ex Baker, Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum (Wall. ex Roscoe) Wall., Hedychium tavoyanum Horan., Hedychium trilobum Wall., Hedychium trilobum Wall. ex Roscoe.

References regarding Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham. ex Smith for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Observationes Botanicae (1783)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1791)
· Cycl. (1811)
· Bot. Cab. (1818)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1824)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1825)
· Numer. List (6554)
· Journ. Hort. Soc. (1852)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1853)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Flora of the British India (1892)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.