Aframomum longiscapum is a species of plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.[1] It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann.[2]

Aframomum longiscapum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Aframomum
Species:
A. longiscapum
Binomial name
Aframomum longiscapum
K.Schum.
Synonyms

Amomum longiscapum

Range edit

Aframomum longiscapum is native to Western Tropical Africa.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1904 In: Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 212
  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. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".