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Hair Ginger

Zingiber kawagoei

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 228, February 150, March 83, April 57, May 27, June 12, July 22, August 37, September 87, October 108, November 96, December 141.
Taiwan1,048
China1,047
Taiwan Province1,047
Hsinchu County209
New Taipei191
Miaoli County109
Pingtung County104
Chiayi County98
Nantou County65
Taoyuan58

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergingers, bananas, and allies · Zingiberales
FamilyGingers · Zingiberaceae
Genustrue gingers · Zingiber

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