Alpinia purpurata
Red Ginger
Introduced to Hawaiʻi
80
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1903
First collected
2010
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Alpinia purpurata, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2000
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘iStaples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
14 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1900s2010s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1903 by Seale, A. (Florida Islands).
From the collection
