Kaempferia galanga Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 2. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 14.

Lectotype (Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus’ Sp. Pl. (Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] “Kaempferia” in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 2, t. 3. 1738 (see p. 6).

Generitype of Kaempferia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock in Amer. J. Bot. 10: 514. 1923).

Current name: Kaempferia galanga L. ( Zingiberaceae).