Alpinia modesta F.Muell. ex K.Schum. is a plant in the Zingiberaceae family, order Zingiberales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Alpinia modesta F.Muell. ex K.Schum.

Alpinia modesta F.Muell. ex K.Schum.

Narrow-leaf ginger (Alpinia modesta) is a Queensland-native ginger-family plant first described in 1904.

Family
Genus
Alpinia
Order
Zingiberales
Class
Liliopsida

About Alpinia modesta F.Muell. ex K.Schum.

Alpinia modesta, commonly called narrow-leaf ginger, is a plant species belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ferdinand von Mueller, and it is native to Queensland.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Zingiberales Zingiberaceae Alpinia

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