Black fruited galanga vs Variable Darner

Alpinia nigra compared with Aeshna interrupta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Variable Darner
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Aeshnidae
Genus	Alpinia	Aeshna
Species	Alpinia nigra	Aeshna interrupta

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Variable Darner

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Variable Darner
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.

Variable Darner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

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.