Roscoea

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Roscoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Roscoea
Species

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Roscoea is a genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to China and Himalayas and related to a ginger plant. The Roscoea flowers resemble an orchid. There are 18 species in this genus.[1]

[edit] Some species

  • Roscoea cautleoides
  • Roscoea humeana
  • Roscoea purpurea

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 801 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0

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