''Aframomum exscapum'' is a species of plant in the ginger family,
Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Af ...
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It was first described by
John Sims and got its current name from
Frank Nigel Hepper
Frank Nigel Hepper FLS FIBiol (13 March 1929 – 16 May 2013) was an English botanist, best known for his work as editor of ''The Flora of West Tropical Africa (vols. II and III).''
Early life and education
Hepper was born in Leeds in 1929, ...
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References
[Hepper, 1967 ''In: Kew Bull. 21: 133'']
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