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Zingiber mioga
Myoga Ginger
As recorded: Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Zingiberales › Zingiberaceae
- Collected by
- Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Adachi, I.I. Adachi →A.H.M. Jayasuriya →
- Collector number
- 17120
- Date
- February 26, 1987
- Locality
- Senadhiragama (between Habarana - Horiwila), Anuradhapura District
- Region
- Ceylon, Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 26, 1987, Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Adachi, I. also collected 6 other specimens.
Zingiber mioga observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1987. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 41 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-19.

2026-08-19
日本 〒192-0363
(c) 鈴木楢磨, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19
日本 〒192-0363
(c) s24s3-055, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19
日本 〒192-0363
(c) 渡邊晃太朗, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19
長池公園, 八王子市, 東京都, JP
(c) s24s1-002, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19
長池公園, 八王子市, 東京都, JP
(c) 永井穂佳, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19
長池公園, 八王子市, 東京都, JP
(c) 櫻井優希, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Zingiber mioga. BISH 601418. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956642070. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/601418.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956642070 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
