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
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Siamanthus siliquosus
K.Larsen & J.Mood

References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ 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.