Black fruited galanga vs Lined Hooktail

Alpinia nigra compared with Paragomphus lineatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Lined Hooktail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Gomphidae
Genus	Alpinia	Paragomphus
Species	Alpinia nigra	Paragomphus lineatus

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Lined Hooktail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Lined Hooktail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Lined Hooktail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.