''Sulettaria'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the 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 ...

. The species of the genus were formerly placed in the genus ''

Elettaria ''Elettaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere. One member of the genus, '' E. cardamomum'', is a commercially important spice used as ...

'' until 2018. ''Sulettaria'' are native to

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and

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> * '' Sulettaria brachycalyx'' S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak * '' Sulettaria kapitensis'' S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak * '' Sulettaria linearicrista'' S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak, Brunei * ''

Sulettaria longipilosa ''Sulettaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The species of the genus were formerly placed in the genus ''Elettaria'' until 2018. ''Sulettaria'' are native to Malaysia and Indonesia Indonesia, officially th ...

'' S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak * '' Sulettaria longituba'' (Ridl.) Holttum - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia * '' Sulettaria multiflora'' (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. - Sumatra, Sarawak * '' Sulettaria rubida'' R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak * '' Sulettaria stoloniflora'' (K.Schum.) S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak * '' Sulettaria surculosa'' (K.Schum.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q83494677 Medicinal plants of Asia Zingiberaceae genera