Aframomum cereum is a monocotyledonous plant species in the family Zingiberaceae that was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker, and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann.[1][2][3]

Aframomum cereum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Aframomum
Species:
A. cereum
Binomial name
Aframomum cereum
Synonyms
  • Aframomum masuianum (De Wild. & T.Durand) K.Schum.
  • Aframomum sceptrum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • Amomum cereum Hook.f.
  • Amomum masuianum De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Amomum sceptrum Oliv. & D.Hanb.
  • Cardamomum cereum (Hook.f.) Kuntze Cardamomum sceptrum
  • (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) Kuntze Ceratanthera beaumetzii
  • Heckel

References edit

  1. ^ H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1904 In: Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 210
  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. ^ "Aframomum cereum (Hook.f.) K.Schum". Plants of the World Online.