Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Wurfbainia

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

480417

Place of publication:

Taxon 67:30. 2018, nom. cons.

Comment:

the basionym Amomum villosum Lour. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN 14.9 & App. IV)

Verified:

08/29/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Amomum villosum Lour.

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Reference(s)

Boer, H. de et al. 2018. Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): recircumscribing Amomum as a monophyletic genus. Taxon 67:30.

Common names

English
bastard cardamom –
false cardamom –
Malabar cardamom –
Tavoy cardamom –
Chinese
sha ren (砂仁) –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

Asia-Tropical

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Food additives	flavoring	as Amomum villosum	Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):118.
Medicines	folklore	as Amomum villosum	Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):118.
Medicines	folklore	as Amomum villosum	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines	folklore	as Amomum villosum	Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. 1993. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. Note: Eastland Press, Seattle
Medicines	folklore	as Amomum villosum	Yen, Kun-Ying. 1994. Illustrated Chinese materia medica crude and prepared.