In between Alpinia and Echinops which is a genus of about 120 species?
Alpinia Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Species of the genus are known generally as shell ginger.
Iphinoe echinata Iphinoe echinata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.