Kaempferia parviflora

Kaempferia parviflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Zingibereae
Genus: Kaempferia
Species: Kaempferia parviflora

Name

Kaempferia parviflora Wall. [Numer. List: n. 6587 (1832), nom. nud.] ex Baker, Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 221 (1890)

• Typus: Wallich 6587 ([1827]; cf. K-W [​K001124255^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
• Type locality: Burma. Banks of the River Attran.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Stahlianthus rubromarginatus S.Q.Tong, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 33(5): 499 (–500; fig. 1) (1995), as 'rubro-marginatus'; not accepted by Wu & Chen (1996) [cited as Kaempferia parviflora]
    • Typus: S.Q. Tong 42442 (2 August 1991; Holotypus: KUN 1268410 (005297)^(CVH)).
    • Type locality: [China.] Yunnan: Mengla culta (a Burma septentrionali introd.).
  • Kaempferia rubromarginata (S.Q.Tong) R.J.Searle, Telopea 8(3): 375 (1999)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh [fide PWO]. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia [fide PWO], Laos [fide Tran & Leong-Škorničková 2019], Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam [fide Tran & Leong-Škorničková 2019]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

• Tran & Leong-Škorničková (2019) remark that true native range is hard to determine due to the fact that the species sets seed very easily which could be bird dispersed, if spread from a cultivated individual it could result in naturalised subpopulations.

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1894. The Flora of British India Vol. 6. Orchideae to Cyperaceae. London: L. Reeve. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Tong, S.-q. 1995. A New Species of Stahlianthus. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 33(5): 499–501. PDF Reference page. 
• Wu, T.-l. & Chen, Z.-y. 1996. A New Synonym of Kaempferia L.. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 34(2): 204. PDF Reference page. 
• Searle, R.J. 1999. A new combination and new synonymy in Kaempferia (Zingiberaceae: Hedychieae). Telopea 8(3): 375–376. BHL Reference page. 
• Wu, D.-l. & Larsen, K. 2000. Stahlianthus. Pp. 368 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 24: Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-83-5 . efloras Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker (Data Deficient) - Assessed by H.D. Tran & J. Leong-Škorničková on 1 August 2018 and published in 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Kaempferia parviflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Kaempferia parviflora. Published online. Accessed: 22 July 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Kaempferia parviflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 July 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Kaempferia parviflora. Accessed: 2024 January 1.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Kaempferia parviflora. Accessed: 2024 January 1.

Vernacular names

English: Black Galingale
ไทย: กระชายดำ
Tiếng Việt: Địa liền đen

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