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PLEASE NOTE: Deciduous types (Curcumas, Kaempferias, Globbas and most Zingibers) may be triggered into early dormancy when shipped and transplanted bare root in the fall.

Who's Who in Gingers

This list serves as a directory of persons who have a special interest in gingers or have been actively involved in the culture or study of these plants, including the families Zingiberaceae and Costaceae. It includes historical figures as well as currently active botanists, horticulturalists, and others who have contributed to our knowledge of these plants. It includes amateur hobbyists as well as professionals. Click on a name on the list below to read more details about a person's area of special interest and contribution to ginger knowledge. Use your "back" button to return to this index.

ID	NAME	CATEGORY	SPECIALTY
Click to load ID#13	Russell Adams	Active	Marketing gingers
Click to load ID#90	Nor Azah Mohammed Ali	Active	Chemistry of Malayasian Gingers
Click to load ID#91	Choojit Anantachoke	Active
Click to load ID#92	Kalaya Anulukanapakorn	Active
Click to load ID#64	Marlina Ardiyani	Active	Curcumas
Click to load ID#31	John Banta	Active	Hybridizing Kaempferias
Click to load ID#44	Mike Bordelon	Active	Growing gingers
Click to load ID#36	Dr. Derek G. Burch	Active	Commericial propagation and cultivation of gingers
Click to load ID#49	Brian Lawrence Burtt	Inactive	Taxonomy and identification of Alpinias
Click to load ID#7	Bruce Carpenter	Active	Tissue culture
Click to load ID#93	Benjavon Caruhapattana	Active
Click to load ID#33	Dave Case	Inactive	Hedychiums
Click to load ID#66	Dr. Pranom Chantaranothai	Active
Click to load ID#34	Timothy Sean Chapman	Active	Rare gingers and hybridizing.
Click to load ID#94	Arunrat Chaveerach	Active
Click to load ID#95	Kongkanda Chayamarit	Active
Click to load ID#96	Songpol Chivapat	Active	Phytochemistry - Curcuma comosa
Click to load ID#97	Hathairat Chokthaweepanich	Active
Click to load ID#67	Wongsatit Chuakul	Active
Click to load ID#68	Mark Collins	Active
Click to load ID#69	Xiao-Bao Deng	Active
Click to load ID#10	Richard & Mary Helen Eggenberger	Inactive	Ginger introductions to trade
Click to load ID#45	Jim Frechette	Active	Kaempferias
Click to load ID#70	Dr. Hidenobu Funakoshi	Active	Alpinia in Japan
Click to load ID#51	Francois Gagnepain	Historical
Click to load ID#47	Frank Galloway	Active	hybridizing Hedychiums
Click to load ID#98	Jiang-Yun Gao	Active
Click to load ID#41	Linda Gay	Active	Ginger horticulture
Click to load ID#99	Angkana Herunsalee	Active
Click to load ID#50	Richard Eric Holttum	Historical
Click to load ID#71	Mark David Hoult	Active
Click to load ID#72	De Armand L. Hull	Active
Click to load ID#1	Dr. Abdul Ghani Hussain	Active	Medical properties of gingers
Click to load ID#100	Khatijah Hj. Hussin	Active
Click to load ID#56	Halijah Ibrahim	Active	Malay peninsular gingers
Click to load ID#101	Mushrifah Idris	Active
Click to load ID#74	Thaya Jenjittikul	Active	Kaempferia and Scaphochlamys species in Thailand
Click to load ID#102	Kusuma Jitsaeng	Active
Click to load ID#103	Thaweesak Juengwatanatrakul	Active
Click to load ID#17	S. H. Khaw	Active	Malaysian gingers
Click to load ID#104	Suttira Khoomkratok	Active
Click to load ID#105	Tasanee Kitirattarkarn	Active
Click to load ID#6	J. G. Koenig	Historical	Eighteenth century plant collector
Click to load ID#75	Supranee Kongpitchayanond	Active	Growing gingers
Click to load ID#37	Dr. W. John Kress	Active	Taxonomy and identification of gingers.
Click to load ID#4	Roy Lancaster	Active	Collected rare Hedychiums from Asia
Click to load ID#54	Dr. Kai Larsen	Active	Taxonomy and identification of gingers
Click to load ID#76	Supee Suksuwan Larsen	Active	Stahlianthus, Gagnepainia and Camptandra species in Thailand
Click to load ID#77	Jing-Ping Liao	Active	Molecular morphology of gingers
Click to load ID#78	Chong-Keat Lim	Active
Click to load ID#11	Carl von Linnaeus	Historical	Identification and classification of plants
Click to load ID#53	Dr. Paulus Johannes Maria Maas	Active	Zingiberaceae with special emphasis on Costaceae
Click to load ID#63	Hillegonda (Hiltje) Maas-van de Kamer	Active	Zingiberaceae with special emphasis on Costaceae
Click to load ID#60	Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol	Active	Medicinal plant research
Click to load ID#79	Charun Maknoi	Active	Curcuma, Plagiostachys and Hornstedtia species in Thailand
Click to load ID#30	Graham Mallett	Active
Click to load ID#80	Steven McLaughlin	Active	Curcuma, Zingiber
Click to load ID#35	Brian Middleditch	Active	Taxonomy and Chemical Pharmacology of gingers
Click to load ID#18	John Mood	Active	Ginger botanist
Click to load ID#134	Dr. Ying Doon Moy	Inactive	Hybrid Hedychiums
Click to load ID#55	Mark Newman	Active	Globba species (and others)
Click to load ID#107	Chatchai Ngamriabsakul	Active
Click to load ID#108	Nopporn Nontapa	Active
Click to load ID#40	Stephen Nowakowski	Active	Southeast Asian imports
Click to load ID#81	Annop Ongsakul	Active	Growing gingers
Click to load ID#19	Gary Outenreath	Active	Costus
Click to load ID#82	Yingyong Paisooksantivatana	Active	Amomum species in Thailand
Click to load ID#43	Michael Pascall	Active	Australian gingers
Click to load ID#39	David Petersen	Active	Kaempferias
Click to load ID#109	Arunya Pimmongkol	Active
Click to load ID#132	Axel D. Poulsen		Etlingera species in Thailand
Click to load ID#110	Sompop Prathanturarug	Active
Click to load ID#83	Tania Rehse	Active	Curcuma
Click to load ID#14	H. N. Ridley	Historical	Malay gingers
Click to load ID#59	William Roscoe	Historical	Early collector of gingers
Click to load ID#58	William Roxburgh	Historical
Click to load ID#25	Dr. Mamiyil Sabu	Active	Zingiberaceae of India
Click to load ID#84	Surapon Saensouk	Active	Alpinia species in Thailand
Click to load ID#85	Shoko Sakai	Active
Click to load ID#3	Tony Schilling	Active	Hedychiums
Click to load ID#52	Karl Moritz Schumann	Historical
Click to load ID#8	Jim Scoggins	Active	Hedychium and Curcuma hybrids, cold hardiness
Click to load ID#9	Larry Shatzer	Active	Hybrid Hedychiums
Click to load ID#86	Chanrit Sinhabaedya	Active
Click to load ID#57	Puangpen Sirirugsa	Active	Thailand gingers, Hedychium, Kaempferia, Curcuma and Elettariopsis
Click to load ID#61	Dave Skinner	Active	Costus
Click to load ID#87	Jana Skornickova	Active	Curcumas in India
Click to load ID#65	F. Brian Smith	Active	Home Gardening with Gingers
Click to load ID#38	Rosemary Margaret Smith	Inactive	Taxonomy and identification of gngers
Click to load ID#5	Lyn Spencer-Mills	Active	Hedychiums
Click to load ID#12	June Stagg	Active	New introductions to local market, Houston
Click to load ID#46	George Stamatis	Active	Tapeinochilos
Click to load ID#48	Glenn Stokes	Active	marketing
Click to load ID#111	Atsuko Takano	Active
Click to load ID#112	Suppachai Tiyaworanant	Active
Click to load ID#113	Jantrararak Tovaranonte	Active
Click to load ID#88	Pramote Triboun	Active	Zingiber and Hemiorchis species in Thailand
Click to load ID#114	Ito Tsuyoshi	Active
Click to load ID#133	Pittaya Tuntiwachwuttikul		Phytochemistry of Zingiberaceae
Click to load ID#15	T. Valeton	Historical	Asian gingers
Click to load ID#115	Ongkarn Vanijajiva	Active
Click to load ID#28	N. Wallich	Historical
Click to load ID#116	Jinda Wangboonskul	Active
Click to load ID#117	Pinich Wangsomnuk	Active
Click to load ID#2	Dr. Surawit Wannakrairoj	Active	Curcumas
Click to load ID#32	Gardner Waters	Inactive	Hedychiums
Click to load ID#62	Kyle Williams	Active	Globba species
Click to load ID#118	Varima Wongpanich	Active
Click to load ID#42	Thomas Harding (Tom) Wood	Active	Hedychiums, Curcumas, Tapeinochilus
Click to load ID#16	Telin Wu	Active	Asian gingers
Click to load ID#89	Yong-Mei Xia	Active	Microscopic morphology
Click to load ID#119	Chavi Yenjai	Active
Click to load ID#120	Liu Zhiqiu	Active