Alpinia oxymitraK.Schum.

WFO wfo-0000338662 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. a Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-06-14 / obs. 79253670
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. b Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34117665
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. c Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65056929
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. d Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108775283
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. e Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66100192
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. f Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34153960
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. g Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 111802278
Alpinia oxymitra, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 70156783

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000292349
Filed as
Alpinia oxymitra K.Schum.
Det. by
Schumann, K.
Collected
Schmidt, J. 1900-02-12
Origin
TH
The sheet
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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Alpinia oxymitra is native: Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam CambodiaLaosMalayaThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Alpinia oxymitra, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cambodia CBD ASIA-TROPICAL
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alpinia comosa Ridl.
  • Alpinia macrocarpa Gagnep.
  • Cenolophon oxymitrum (K.Schum.) Holttum

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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