Wurfbainia uliginosa[1] is the type species of the recently reconstituted plant genus Wurfbainia[2] in the ginger family. Its native range is from Indo-China to Sumatra.[3]

Wurfbainia uliginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Alpinioideae
Tribe: Alpinieae
Genus: Wurfbainia
Species:
W. uliginosa
Binomial name
Wurfbainia uliginosa
(J.Koenig) Giseke
Synonyms
  • Amomum ovoideum Pierre ex Gagnep.
  • Amomum robustum K.Schum.
  • Amomum uliginosum J.Koenig
  • Cardamomum uliginosum (J.Koenig) Kuntze

References

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  1. ^ Giseke (1792) Praelectiones in Ordines Naturales Plantarum 199.
  2. ^ de Boer H, Newman, M, Poulsen AD, Droop AJ, Fér T, Hiên LTT, Hlavatá K, Lamxay V, Richardson JF, Steffen K, Leong-Škorničková J (2018) Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): Recircumscribing Amomum as a monophyletic genus. Taxon 67(1): 6-36.
  3. ^ POWO: Wurfbainia uliginosa (J.Koenig) Giseke (retrieved 15 July 2020)
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