Synopsis of the specimens examined – Zingiberaceae

1. Alpinia

1. Alpinia malaccensis
Central: Bagmati Province (Chitwan, Makwanpur)
2. Alpinia nigra
Central: Bagmati Province (Chitwan, Makwanpur)

3. Alpinia roxburghii
Eastern: Koshi Province (Ilam).

2. Curcuma

4. Curcuma angustifolia
Western: Karnali Province (Jajarkot, Kalikot, Surkhet); Lumbini Province (Banke, Bardiya, Dang)
Central: Gandaki Province (Kaski, Myagdi, Parasi, Parbat); Bagmati Province (Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok); Madhesh Province (Bara, Rautahat)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Jhapa, Morang, Taplejung).
5. Curcuma aromatica
Central: Gandaki Province (Kaski)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Jhapa, Taplejung).

3. Hedychium

6. Hedychium coccineum
Western: Sudurpaschim Province (Kailali); Karnali Province (Salyan)
Central: Gandaki Province (Gorkha, Kaski, lamjung, Parasi, Parbat, Tanahun); Bagmati Province (Chitwan, Dolakha, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Nuwakot, Rasuwa).
Eastern: Koshi Province (Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu).
7. Hedychium coronarium
Central: Lumbini Province (Palpa); Gandaki Province (Kaski); Bagmati Province (Kathmandu).
Eastern: Koshi Province (Ilam, Panchthar).
8. Hedychium densiflorum
Western: Karnali Province (Surkhet)
Central: Gandaki Province (Kaski, Myagdi); Bagmati Province (Ramechhap, Rasuwa)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu).
9. Hedychium elatum R.Br.
Central: Bagmati Province (Nepalia)
10. Hedychium ellipticum
Western: Sudurpaschim Province (Kailali); Karnali Province (Dailekh, Kalikot, Salyan)
Central: Gandaki Province (Gorkha, Kaski, Lamjung, Mustang, Parbat); Bagmati Province (Chitwan, Dolakha, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, Taplejung).
11. Hedychium flavescens
Central: Bagmati Province (Lalitpur).
12. Hedychium glaucum
Eastern: Koshi Province (Bhojpur, Dhankuta, Ilam, Sankhuwasabha, Sunsari, Taplejung).
13. Hedychium gardnerianum
Central: Bagmati Province (Kathmandu, Lalitpur)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Bhojpur, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, Taplejung)
14. Hedychium spicatum
Western: Sudurpaschim Province (Bajhang, Dadeldhura, Doti, Kailali); Karnali Province (Dolpa, Jajarkot, Mugu, Salyan)
Central: Lumbini Province (Arghakhanchi); Gandaki Province (Gorkha, Kaski, Lamjung, Manang, Mustang, Myagdi); Bagmati Province (Bhaktapur, Chitwan, Dolakha, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Ramechhap, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Bhojpur, Ilam, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu).
15. Hedychium thyrsifome
Western: Sudurpaschim Province (Kanchanpur)
Central: Gandaki Province (Kaski, Manang); Bagmati Province (Kathmandu, Lalitpur).

16. Hedychium villosum Wall. (Uncertain species)
East: Specimen unknown (See: PoWo).

4. Hemiorchis

17. Hemiorchis pantlingii
Eastern: Koshi Province (Ilam).

5. Kaempferia

18. Kaempferia rotunda
Central: Gandaki Province (Lamjung); Bagmati Province (Kathmandu)
Eastern: Koshi Province (Bhojpur, Ilam).