Alpinia Rda Zinia & F.H. Khan, A New Species And 25 New Records from Bangladesh

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Alpinia rda Zinia & F.H.Khan is described and illustrated as a new species from the district of Bogura, Bangladesh Zingiberaceae family contains First published in Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 682. 1820 [3 Aug 1820] (as "Zinziberaceae") (1820) nom. cons. Alpinia Roxb. First published in Asiat. Res. 11: 350 (1810), nom. cons. Alpinia mutica Roxb. First published in Asiat. Res. 11: 354 (1810). Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431. Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 345 (1807). Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. Alpinia nutans (L.) Roscoe. First published in J.E.Smith, Exot. Bot. 2: 93 (1806). Larsen, K. (1996). A prelimanary checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 24: 35-49. Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 204 (1972). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415. Alpinia rda Zinia & F.H.Khan is compared with those 4 Alpinia species: Alpinia mutica, Alpinia malaccensis, Alpinia nutans and Alpinia zerumbet with their shape, height, leaves size, inflorescence, single flower, fruits color, shape and seeds shape. Adding identical keys also proper identification. The main differences in Petal’s design, Upper petal fully white and seeds shape.