Etlingera cevuga

Etlingera cevuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Etlingera
Species:
E. cevuga
Binomial name
Etlingera cevuga
Synonyms[1]
  • Amomum cevuga Seem.
  • Amomum vignaui Rech.
  • Cardamomum cevuga (Seem.) Kuntze
  • Geanthus cevuga (Seem.) Loes.
  • Geanthus vignaui (Rech.) Loes.

Etlingera cevuga is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae.[2][3] It is a monocotyledonous rhizomatous geophyte native to Fiji, the Samoan Islands, and the Society Islands in the tropical Pacific.[1]

It was first described as Amomum cevuga by Berthold Carl Seemann in 1868, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith in 1986.[4][1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Etlingera cevuga (Seem.) R.M.Sm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ↑ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ R.M.Sm., 1986 In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 244