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June 2025

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genus

Amomum Roxb.

This genus name was first published in Pl. Coromandel 3: 75. 1820.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000001644.

Statistics

Synonyms of Amomum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Elettariopsis Baker Fl. Brit. India 251; Lectotypified in: Gard. Bull. Singapore 13:215. (1950) by Holttum, R.E. wfo-4000013186
Paramomum S.Q.Tong Acta Bot. Yunnan. 7(3): 309–310. 2003[2003]. wfo-4000028092
Cardamomum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 (1891) wfo-4000049057

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Amomum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link