Fig. 2
From: Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl. from its discovery to its invasive status: a review
a Flowering plant of Hedychium gardnerianum in its native habitat at Nepal (Lalitpur district of Kathmandu Valley) (Photographer B. Adhikari) (Flora of Nepal 2021). b Edward Gardner (Resident to the Court of Nepal from 1816 to 1829) (Bilder aus Nepal 2021; Fraser-Jenkins 2006); c Nathaniel Wallich in 1833 (Director of the Calcutta Botanical Garden from 1817 to 1846) (Welcome Collection 2021; Das Gupta 2011); d William Roscoe (Co-founder of the Liverpool Botanic Garden in 1802) (Walker Art Gallery 2021a; Roscoe 1833); e Conservatory in 1808 at Liverpool Botanical Garden in Mount Pleasant (1802–1831) (Kaye 1820; Law 2007). f John Shepherd (curator of Liverpool Botanic Garden at Mount Pleasant from 1802 to 1831) (Greenwood et al. 2018; Walker Art Gallery 2021b); g First dried specimen made by Henry Shepherd in the second year of plant blooming (LINN-HS 8.8—The Linnean Society of London 2021); h, i Illustrations published in February, 1824 by Ker-Gawler along with John Shepherd first description of H. gardnerianum; j Illustration published in 1828 by William Roscoe, on his book about the Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae. K. H. gardnerianum at Walled Garden in Croxteth Hall and Country Park in the summer of 2017 (Cable 2017)