Zingiberaceae
Kaempferia

Kaempferia elegans Wall.

First published in Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 24 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Sichuan) to Indo-China, Borneo. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Larsen, K. (1996). A prelimanary checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 24: 35-49.
  • Nguyen, Q.B. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 21: 1-489. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Techaprasan, J., Klinbunga, S., Ngamriabsakul, C. & Jenjittikul, T. (2010). Genetic variation of Kaempferia (Zingiberaceae) in Thailand based on chloroplast DNA (psbA-trnH and petA-psbJ) sequences. Genetics and Molecular Research 9: 1957-1973.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Nguyen, Q.B. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 21: 1-489. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1174] Thailand K002428079 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002428021 Yes
Put [727] Thailand K002428087 Yes
Put [4155] Thailand K002428083 Yes
Rabil [104] Thailand K002428088 Yes
{Purples, H.; Dr. King's} [1850] K002428076 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1911] Thailand K002428100 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428019 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12578] Thailand K002428085 Yes
Bloembergen, S. [41] Thailand K002428081 Yes
Nguyen, V.D.; Phuong, V.X.; Boumanivong, S.; Vongsoukhun [L-V 297] Laos K001590006 Yes
Griffith [5741] K002428018 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4451] Thailand K002428078 Yes
Put [153] K002428113 Yes
Put [702] Thailand K002428084 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16112] Thailand K002428103 Yes
Phusomsaeng, S. [273] Thailand K002428097 Yes
[illegible] [10892] Thailand K002428095 Yes
den Hoed, G. [248] Thailand K002428098 Yes
Put [185] Thailand K002428107 Yes
s.coll. [5739] India K002428014 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12181] Thailand K002428090 Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Phengklai, C. [1049] Thailand K002428094 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428013 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [22146] Malaysia K002428147 Yes
McLelland [s.n.] Burma K002428017 Yes
Marcan, A. [[9413]] Thailand K002428101 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [149] Thailand K002428096 Yes
[Put] [3943] Thailand K002428109 Yes
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S. [33312] Thailand K002428093 Yes
[illegible] [6000] Thailand K002428102 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002428022 Yes
[Put] [1848] Thailand K002428110 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19474] Thailand K002428099 Yes
s.coll. [5751] K002428023 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19739] Thailand K002428105 Yes
[Kiah] [24374] Thailand K002428082 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002428016 Yes
put [4034] Thailand K002428089 Yes
Rabil [129] Thailand K002428086 Yes
Kostermans, A. [797] Thailand K002428111 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18805] Thailand K002428092 Yes
Thos Lobl[?] [409] K002428015 Yes
[illegible] [13051] Thailand K002428112 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malaysia K002428148 Yes
Marcan, A. [2340] Thailand K002428106 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [149] Thailand K002428080 Yes
put [1833] Thailand K002428104 Yes
Robinson, H.C. [5700] K002428077 Yes
[illegible] [502] Thailand K002428091 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15901] Thailand K002428108 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kaempferia atrovirens K002428166 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6593] Burma Monolophus elegans K001124256 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6593] Burma Monolophus elegans K001124258 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6593] Burma Monolophus elegans K001124257 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0