Amomum zerumbet Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 1. 1753.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 5.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Hermann 5: 94, No. 2 [icon] (BM); Herb. Clifford: 3, Amomum 2, 3 sheets (BM) ; [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 636, 637. 1687.

Current name: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. ( Zingiberaceae).

Note: Thielade (in Gard. Bull. Singapore 48: 228. 1998) wrongly designated material at K as lectotype, the existence of original material precluding the designation of what would be a neotype (Art. 9.11).