Are the Genii Sequoia and Alpinia native to America ?
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.
Sphinx sequoiae Sphinx sequoiae (sequoia sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Oregon south through California, Nevada, and south-eastern Utah to Arizona and further south into northern Baja California.