''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants 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 ...

. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesia. It has previously been placed as a synonym of ''

Amomum ''Amomum'' is a genus of plants containing about 111 species native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It includes several species of cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and ...

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Species

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'' currently includes:Plants of the World Online: ''Wurfbainia'' Giseke (retrieved 13 June 2020)
/ref> * '' Wurfbainia aromatica'' (Roxb.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia bicorniculata'' (K.Schum.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia biflora'' (Jack) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia blumeana'' (Valeton) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia compacta'' (Sol. ex Maton) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia elegans ''Wurfbainia elegans'' is a species of plant belonging to Zingiberaceae, the ginger family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Habitat and ecology The species is abundant in the secondary forest of Camp 7 Experimental Forest Station, Minglanilla, ...

'' (Ridl.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen *'' Wurfbainia ellipticarpa'' Kaewsri *'' Wurfbainia geostachyoides'' Kaewsri * '' Wurfbainia glabrifolia'' (Lamxay & M.F.Newman) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen *'' Wurfbainia globosa'' Kaewsri * '' Wurfbainia gracilis'' (Blume) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia graminea'' (Wall. ex Baker) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia hedyosma'' (I.M.Turner) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia jainii ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (S.Tripathi & V.Prakash) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen *'' Wurfbainia longiflora'' Kaewsri * '' Wurfbainia longiligularis'' (T.L.Wu) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia micrantha'' (Ridl.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia microcarpa ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (C.F.Liang & D.Fang) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia mindanaensis ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (Elmer) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia mollis ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (Ridl.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia neoaurantiaca ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (T.L.Wu, K.Larsen & Turland) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia palawanensis ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (Elmer) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen *''

Wurfbainia parviflora ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' Kaewsri * ''

Wurfbainia quadratolaminaris ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (S.Q.Tong) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia schmidtii ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (K.Schum.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia staminidiva ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (Gobilik, A.L.Lamb & A.D.Poulsen) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia tenella ''Wurfbainia''Giseke PD (1792) ''Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.'' 199, 206. is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesi ...

'' (Lamxay & M.F.Newman) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * '' Wurfbainia testacea'' (Ridl.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia uliginosa ''Wurfbainia uliginosa'' is the type species of the recently reconstituted plant genus '' Wurfbainia''de Boer H, Newman, M, Poulsen AD, Droop AJ, Fér T, Hiên LTT, Hlavatá K, Lamxay V, Richardson JF, Steffen K, Leong-Škorničková J (2018) Con ...

'' (J.Koenig) Giseke - type species * '' Wurfbainia vera'' (Blackw.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen * ''

Wurfbainia villosa ''Wurfbainia villosa'', also known by its basionym ''Amomum villosum'', () is a plant in the ginger family which is grown as a cardamom-like spice throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Like cardamom, the plant is cultivated for its fruits, ...

'' (Lour.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen *'' Wurfbainia yingyongii'' Kaewsri

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q63385991 Eponymous genera Flora of Indo-China Zingiberaceae genera