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
- Alpinia sessilis J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 64 (1783)
- Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn in Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 3 (1841)
- Kaempferia humilis Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 6 (1796)
- Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 6 (1813)
- Kaempferia marginata Carey ex Roscoe in Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 93 (1824)
- Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 286 (1812)
- Kaempferia procumbens Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790), nom. nud.
- Kaempferia rotunda Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 5 (1837), nom. illeg.
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gollifer, D.E., Solomon Is. | 6049.176 | No | |||
| Ramos, M. [14952], Philippines | K000255409 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 6581] | K001124249 | Yes |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0