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Table 4 Documented presence of Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 9: t. 774 (Feb. 1, 1824) as an ornamental plant in the nineteenth century

From: Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl. from its discovery to its invasive status: a review

Presence on Botanical Garden

 1818

Cambridge Botanic Garden

England

Lindley et al. (1823, 1826)

 1819/1845

Calcutta Botanical Garden

India

Roscoe (1828) / Voigt (1845)

 1819

Liverpool Botanical Garden

England

Roscoe (1828)

 1824

Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh

Scotland

Graham (1825)

 1824

Jardin Botanique de Fromont

France

Bodin (1824)

 1825/1892

Royal Botanical Garden of Glasgow

Scotland

Hooker (1825); Gardeners' Chronicle (1892)a

 1828

Dresden Botanical Garden

Germany

Felbel (1828)

 1829

Jardin des Plantes (Paris)

France

Desfontaines (1829)

 1831

Bonn Botanical Garden

Germany

Esenbeck & Sinning (1831)

 1834/1842

Hamburg Botanical Garden

Germany

Lehmann (1834); MNHN (2021)

 1836

Jardin de l'école de Médecine de Strasbourg

France

Fée (1836)

 1838

Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden

Russia

Fischer & Meyer (1838)

 1845

Orto Botanico Di Napoli

Italy

Tenore (1845)

 1846

Brera Botanical Garden

Italy

Banfi & Visconti (2014)

 1851

José do Canto Garden (S.Miguel Island)

Azores

Canto (1851)

 1852/1853

Horticultural Society's Garden (Chiswick)

England

Wallich (1853)

 1854

Giardino del Conte de-Medici Spada

Italy

Amicucci (1854)

 1858

Jardin Zoologique de Bruxelles

Belgium

Galeotti (1858)

 1859

Crystal Palace, London

England

Beaton (1859)

 1865

António Borges Garden (S.Miguel Island)

Azores

Medeiros (1865)

 1865

New Zealand Gardens

New Zealand

Ludlam (1865)

 1867

Iles du bois de Boulogne at Paris

France

Alphand (1867–1873)

 1875

Queensland Botanic Gardens

Australia

Hill (1875)

 1875

Hatfield Gardens

England

Gardeners' Chronicle (1875)

 1878

Botanical Garden of Coimbra University

Portugal

Henriques (1879)

 1880

Conservatory at Buxted Park (Sussex)

England

Hogg (1880)

 1883

Melbourne Botanic Gardens

Australia

Guilfoyle (1883)

 1884

Santiago de Chile Botanical Garden

Chile

Philippi (1884)

 1885

Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew)

England

Hooker (1887)

 1892

Mr. Conybear's Gardens (Tregullow)

England

Napper (1892)

 1896

Joseph Chamberlain Garden (King’s Heath)

England

Watson (1896)

 1896

Mr. Mark Rolle Gardens (Bicton, Devon)

England

Fraser (1896)

 1898

Park of Pillnitz Castle (Dresden)

Germany

Rösner (1900)

Presence on exhibitiona events

 1830 /34/  43/45/66

Massachusetts Horticultural Society

U.S.A

Fessenden (1831); Hovey (1834); Walker (1847); Strong et al. (1880)

 1853

Société Royale Linnéenne de Bruxelles

Belgium

Galeotti (1853–54)

 1875

Société d’Horticulture de Cherbourg

France

Angran (1876)

Presence on nurseries and seed/plant catalogues

 1830

Catalogue, New-York

U.S.A

Wm. R. Prince & Co. (1830)

 1838

 1839/42/58/

 60–61/63–66

Catalogue, St. Petersburg

Russia

Fischer & Meyer (1838);

Fischer et al. (1839/42); Kuester et al. 1858); Regel & Herder (1860–61/63–66)

 1854/71/72

Catalogue, Boston

U.S.A

Hoveys & Co. (1854/1871–72)

 1854

Nursery, Planitz

Germany

Ender (1854)

 1859

Nurseries, Belgium

Belgium

Funk (1859)

 1866

Catalogue, Stuttgart

Germany

Pfitzer (1866)

 1870

Nursery, Chelsea

England

Messrs. Veitch & Sons (1870)

 1872

Nursery, Porto

Portugal

Junior (1872)

 1885

Catalogue, New Jersey

U.S.A

Sturtevant (1885)

 1897

Catalogue, Santa Barbara, Calfornia

U.S.A

Southern California Acclimatizing Association (1897)

  1. In bold: the first documented presence in each nation/country
  2. aFirst published photograph