Question: In between Alpinia and Echinops which is a genus of about 120 species?

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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.

Echinops: Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles.  They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads.  They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.

Polystichum: Polystichum is a genus of about 260 species of ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution.  The highest diversity is in eastern Asia, with about 120 species in China alone; the region from Mexico to Brazil has nearly 100 additional species; Africa (17 species), North America (15 species), and Europe (5 species) have much lower diversity.  Polystichum species are terrestrial or rock-dwelling ferns of warm-temperate and montane-tropical regions (a few species grow in alpine regions).

Alpinia conchigera: Alpinia conchigera, the Lesser Alpinia, is a plant species in the genus "Alpinia.

Paropsisterna: "Paropsisterna" is a genus of leaf beetles indigenous to Papua New Guinea and Australia.  There are over 120 species, many with bright aposematic colours, and many feeding on "Eucalyptus" leaves.  The genus as currently defined includes species formerly listed under "Chrysophtharta"

Castanopsis: Castanopsis, commonly called chinquapin or chinkapin, is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the beech family, Fagaceae.  The genus contains about 120 species, which are today restricted to tropical and subtropical eastern Asia.  A total of 58 species are native to China, with 30 endemic; the other species occur further south, through Indochina to Indonesia, and also in Japan.  The English name chinkapin is shared with other related plants, including the golden chinkapins of the Pacific United States, which are sometimes included within "Castanopsis" but are more often considered a separate but very closely related genus, "Chrysolepis".

Goldenrod: Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100 to 120 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.  Most are herbaceous perennial species found in open areas such as meadows, prairies, and savannas.  They are mostly native to North America, including Mexico; a few species are native to South America and Eurasia.  Some American species have also been introduced into Europe and other parts of the world.

Brixia (genus): Brixia is a genus of Cixiid planthopper.  There are about 120 species in the genus.  Most species in the genus are found in the Oriental region with a few from the Afrotropical region.

Echinops niveus: Echinops niveus is a species in the genus "Echinops" or globe thistles.  It is native to the Indian subcontinent: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal.

Echinops bannaticus: Echinops bannaticus, known as blue globe-thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to southeastern Europe.  It is an herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to 120 cm , with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower heads in summer.

Supporting paragraphs: Alpinia Echinops
Answer: Echinops