Siamanthus is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It contains only one known species, Siamanthus siliquosus, endemic to Thailand and first described in 1998.[1][2]
Siamanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Zingiberaceae |
Subfamily: | Alpinioideae |
Tribe: | Riedelieae |
Genus: | Siamanthus K.Larsen & J.Mood |
Species: | S. siliquosus
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Binomial name | |
Siamanthus siliquosus K.Larsen & J.Mood
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References
edit- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Kai Larsen & John Mood (1998). "Siamanthus, a new genus of Zingiberaceae from Thailand". Nordic Journal of Botany. 18 (4): 393–397. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1998.tb01516.x.