''Amomum smithiae'' is a monocotyledonous plant species originally described by

Yee Kiew Kam *Yu (Chinese surname) (Chinese language, Chinese: 余) *Yee (surname) (simplified characters, simp. 叶, traditional characters, trad. 葉) -- variants Yee, Yeh, Yip/Ip, Yap, Yapp Notable people with surname Yee (余) Persons with surname "Yee ...

Y.K.Kam, 1982 ''In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 148'' as '' Elettariopsis smithiae'' in the 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 ...

. No subspecies are listed in the

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic I ...

. ''Amomum smithiae'' is native to Malaysia and Thailand. It is named in honour of Scottish botanist

Rosemary Margaret Smith Rosemary Margaret Smith (1933–2004) was a Scottish botanist and illustrator who specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family. Many of the species she classified and identified as being placed into improper genera were fou ...

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q89082297, from2=Q15327212 Alpinioideae