Zingiberaceae
Kaempferia

Kaempferia galanga L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

China Southeast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • 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?
Collifer, D.E. [s.n.] K002428167 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19526] Thailand K002428054 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2230] Sierra Leone K002428161 Yes
Squires, R.W. [900] K002428058 Yes
Merrill [s.n.] Philippines K002428157 Yes
[Put] [4053] Thailand K002428053 Yes
Vanpruk, P. [1001] Thailand K002428051 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428011 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19318] Thailand K002428056 Yes
Cuming, H. [1331] Philippines K002428159 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [10491] Hong Kong K002428005 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12860] Thailand K002428050 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6581] K001124249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2012] Thailand K002428057 Yes
Gollifer, D.E. Solomon Islands K:SPC-06049.176 No
Cuming [1331] Philippines K002428160 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [10491] Hong Kong K002428004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428010 Yes
Loher, A. [690] Philippines K002428158 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002428007 Yes
Henry, A. [851] K002428006 Yes
Ramos, M. [14952] Philippines K000255409 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16218] Thailand K002428052 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428008 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002428009 Yes
Christensen, H. [1084] Malaysia K002428149 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21553] Thailand K002428055 Yes
[?] noe [149] Thailand K002428059 Yes
Cheng, S.K.; Leti, M.; Drouart, N. [CL1009] Cambodia Kaempferia marginata K002428060 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 2024. 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 2024. 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