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Etlingera heyneana is a rhizomatous ginger-family plant from Java, last recorded in 1921 and assessed as extinct by the IUCN in 2019, so it is not in cultivation. Care information is limited because the species is no longer known to be grown.
Etlingera heyniana is a monocotyledonous plant species first described by Theodoric Valeton and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera heyniana is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae.
The range of the species is Java. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. It was last observed in 1921 and assessed as extinct by the IUCN in 2019.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Etlingera heyneana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
