Alpinia racemosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 2. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 9.

Lectotype (Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50: 190. 1903): [icon] " Alpinia " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 11, t. 20. 1755.

Generitype of Alpinia Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Renealmia racemosa (L.) A. Rich. ( Zingiberaceae).

Note: Alpinia Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Alpinia Roxb.