''Aframomum flavum'' is a species in the ginger family,

Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical ...

. It was first described by

John Michael Lock John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

References

Lock, 1978 ''In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 48: 394'' flavum {{zingiberales-stub