Amomum
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Amomum

round cardamom
serkkom

Hierarchical position of the Genus Amomum

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Zingiberidae Cronquist
pub. 1978
  
   SuperOrdo  Zingiberanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Zingiberales Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.
  
   Familia  Strelitziaceae (K. Schum.) Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 72. 1934.
common name: Bird-of-Paradises
  
   Subfamilia  Amomoideae Blume ex Hassk.
pub. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 50. Oct 1844.
  
   Tribus  Amomeae Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab Diagn. 388, Comm. 291. 17-20 Aug 1842.
  
   Genus  Amomum L.
pub. (1753)
common name: cardamom
  

Named members of the Genus Amomum

1
   Species  alpinia Rottb.
syn. Renealmia alpinia
2
   Species  cardamomum L.
syn. Elettaria cardamomum
3
   Species  compactum Sol. ex Maton
common name: round cardamom
4
   Species  gracile Blume
common name: serkkom
5
   Species  kepulaga Sprague & Burkill
syn. Amomum compactum
6
   Species  zedoaria Christm.
syn. Curcuma zedoaria
7
   Species  zerumbet L.
syn. Zingiber zerumbet
8
   Species  zingiber L.
syn. Zingiber officinale

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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