Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Kaempferia angustifolia Rosc.
• Kaempferia angustifolia Roxb.
• Kaempferia candida Wall.
• Kaempferia elegans (Wall.) Baker
• Kaempferia galanga L.
• Kaempferia galanga L. var. latifolia (Donn) Gagnep. -> Kaempferia latifolia Donn
• Kaempferia galanga L. var. latifolia K. Schum. -> Kaempferia latifolia Donn
• Kaempferia gilbertii W. Bull.
• Kaempferia latifolia Donn
• Kaempferia ovalifolia Roxb.
• Kaempferia pandurata Roxb. -> Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. A
• Kaempferia rotunda Blanco -> Kaempferia galanga L.
• Kaempferia rotunda Don -> Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. A
• Kaempferia rotunda Jack. -> Confusion - HELP!
• Kaempferia rotunda L.
• Kaempferia sikkimensis King ex Baker

CHINESE : Zhai ye shan nai.

ENGLISH : Narrow-leaf peacock ginger (USA), Narrow-leaved peacock ginger.

ENGLISH : India resurrection lily.

CHINESE : Bai hua shan nai.

ENGLISH : White-flowered resurrection lily.

CHINESE : Zi hua shan nai.

ENGLISH : Green ripple peacock ginger, Purple-flowered resurrection lily.

RUSSIAN : Kempferiia iziashchnaia.

CHINESE : Shan nai, Sha jiang.

ENGLISH : Common resurrection lily, Lesser galangal.

HINDI : Chandramula.

GERMAN : Kleiner Galgant.

MALAY : Chekur.

RUSSIAN : Kempferiya galanga.

THAI : Proh hom.

SYNONYM(S) : Kaempferia gilberti hort.

SYNONYM(S) : Kaempferia galanga L. var. latifolia (Donn) Gagnep.

CHINESE : Da ye shan nai.

ENGLISH : Large-leaved resurrection lily..

ENGLISH : Oval-leaved resurrection lily.

CHINESE : Hai nan san qi.

ENGLISH : Hainan resurrection lily, Tropical crocus

I am confused - HELP! is the autority for this name Jacq. ? or L. ? or both ? See also Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf.

CHINESE : Xi jin shan nai.

ENGLISH : Sikkim resurrection lily.

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Middleditch Brian, 2001, Taxonomy notes in David Skinner's Notes & Images for Aframomum, Le Jardin Ombragé. < http://freepages.garden.rootsweb.com/~skinnerd/Gingers/OtherGingers_A-D/Notes.htm >.

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?kaempferia (15 November 2001).

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Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

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