Elettaria

Elettaria
True Cardamom
(Elettaria cardamomum)
1896 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Zingiberales
Family:Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:Alpinioideae
Tribe:Alpinieae
Genus:Elettaria
Maton
Synonyms[2]
  • Cardamomum Noronha
  • Matonia Stephenson & J.M.Churchill

Elettaria is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae native to India and Sri Lanka, though though it is naturalized elsewhere.[2] One member of the genus, E. cardamomum, is a commercially important spice used as a flavouring agent in many countries.

These species are recognized as of October 2018:[2]

  1. Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton - India
  2. Elettaria ensal (Gaertn.) Abeyw. - Sri Lanka

These former species from Malaysia and Indonesia were reclassified into Sulettaria in 2018:[3]

  1. Elettaria brachycalyx S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  2. Elettaria kapitensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  3. Elettaria linearicrista S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak, Brunei
  4. Elettaria longipilosa S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  5. Elettaria longituba (Ridl.) Holttum - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
  6. Eulettaria multiflora (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. - Sumatra, Sarawak
  7. Elettaria rubida R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  8. Elettaria stoloniflora (K.Schum.) S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  9. Elettaria surculosa (K.Schum.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak

References

  1. ↑ Elettaria cardamomum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen - Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Poulsen, Axel; Båserud Mathisen, Helena; Newman, Mark; Ardiyani, Marlina; Lofthus, Øystein; Bjora, Charlotte (2018-08-01). "Sulettaria : A new ginger genus disjunct from Elettaria cardamomum". Taxon. 67: 725–738. doi:10.12705/674.3.
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