Zingiberaceae
Wurfbainia

Wurfbainia compacta (Sol. ex Maton) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen

First published in Taxon 67: 29 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sumatera to W. Jawa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Jawa, Sumatera

Introduced into:

China South-Central, Hainan, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Droop, A.J. & Newman, M.F. (2014). A revision of Amomum (Zingiberaceae) in Sumatra. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 193-258.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Junghuhn, F.W. [s.n.] Amomum compactum K002673379 Yes
s.coll. [872] Indonesia Amomum compactum K002673380 Yes
de Vogel; Vermeulen [6616] Indonesia Amomum compactum K002673383 Yes
Christensen, H.; Apu, F.L. [297] Malaysia Amomum compactum K002673378 Yes
Bakh; Brink [5697] Amomum compactum K002673381 Yes
de Vogel; Vermeulen [6616] Indonesia Amomum compactum K002673384 Yes
Ramos, M. [1782] Amomum compactum K002673376 Yes
Christensen, H.; Apu, F.L. [297] Malaysia Amomum compactum K002673377 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [20229] Amomum compactum K002673375 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [20645] Amomum compactum K002673374 Yes
Herklots, G.A.C. [s.n.] Indonesia Amomum compactum K002673382 Yes
Silva, J.M. [255] Sri Lanka Amomum kepulaga K002673074 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [2016] Sri Lanka Amomum kepulaga K002673075 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [2016] Sri Lanka Amomum kepulaga K002673076 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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