''Caulokaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family, first described in 1964. The genus is native to southeastern

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, the eastern

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(especially

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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China v 24 p 370, 苞叶姜属 bao ye jiang shu, ''Pyrgophyllum'' (Gagnepain) T. L. Wu & Z. Y. Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 27: 126. 1989
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Species

34 species are accepted.

Formerly placed here

* '' Pyrgophyllum yunnanense'' (as ''Caulokaempferia yunnanensis'' )

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2943107 Zingiberoideae Zingiberaceae genera