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Kaempferia

The genus Kaempferia is in the family Zingiberaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Kaempferia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Kaempferia alboviolacea Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia angustifolia Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia candida Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia chayanii Koonterm Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia cuneata Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia elegans (Wall.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia evansii Blatt. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia fallax Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia filifolia K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia fissa Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia galanga L. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia gilbertii W.Bull Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia glauca Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia grandifolia Saensouk & Jenjitt. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia harmandiana Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia laotica Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia larsenii Sirirugsa Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia marginata Carey ex Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia ovalifolia Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia philippinensis Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia purpurea J.König Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia roscoeana Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia rotunda L. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia scaposa (Nimmo) Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia siamensis Sirirugsa Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia simaoensis Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia spoliata Sirirugsa Accepted H WCSP
Kaempferia undulata Teijsm. & Binn. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 112 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Kaempferia. Of these 29 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Kaempferia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 112 species names for the genus Kaempferia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 29 25.9%
Synonym 78 69.6%
Unplaced 3 2.7%
Unassessed 2 1.8%

All names

The status of the 115 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Kaempferia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 30 26.1%
Synonym 80 69.6%
Unplaced 3 2.6%
Unassessed 2 1.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 112 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Kaempferia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 29 76 0 0 105 93.8%
Medium confidence 0 2 0 0 2 1.8%
Low confidence 0 0 3 2 5 4.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Kaempferia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.8%
WCSP 29 76 3 0 0 108 96.4%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.8%