''Cornukaempferia larsenii'' is a species 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 ...
. It was first described by
Piyaporn Saensouk.
It is named after Danish botanist
Kai Larsen
Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012) was a Danish botanist.
Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of T ...
.
Range
''Cornukaempferia larsenii'' is native to Thailand and Laos.
References
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Zingiberoideae
Flora of Thailand
Flora of Laos