''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to

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, India, and Southeast Asia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and was one of the first Europeans to write detailed descriptions of plants there.

Species

Over 100 names have been proposed in the genus. The following are accepted: * '' Kaempferia alboviolacea'' Ridl. - Vietnam * '' Kaempferia angustifolia'' Roscoe - Bangladesh, Assam, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra * ''

Kaempferia attapeuensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Picheans. & Koonterm - Laos * '' Kaempferia champasakensis'' Picheans. & Koonterm - Laos * ''

Kaempferia chayanii ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Koonterm - Laos * ''

Kaempferia cuneata ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Gagnep. - Vietnam * '' Kaempferia elegans'' (Wall.) Baker in J.D.Hooker - Sichuan, Indochina, Borneo * ''

Kaempferia evansii ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Blatt. - southern India * ''

Kaempferia fallax ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Gagnep. - Laos, Thailand * ''

Kaempferia filifolia ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' K.Larsen - Thailand * ''

Kaempferia fissa ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Gagnep. - Laos * ''

Kaempferia galanga ''Kaempferia galanga'', commonly known as kencur, aromatic ginger, sand ginger, cutcherry, is a monocotyledonous plant in the ginger family, and one of four plants called galangal. It is found primarily in open areas in Indonesia, southern Ch ...

'' L. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Indochina * ''

Kaempferia gigantiphylla ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Picheans. & Koonterm - Laos * '' Kaempferia gilbertii'' W.Bull - Myanmar * ''

Kaempferia glauca ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Ridl. - Thailand * '' Kaempferia grandifolia'' Saensouk & Jenjitt. - Thailand * '' Kaempferia harmandiana'' Gagnep. - Laos, Cambodia *'' Kaempferia jenjittikuliae'' - Thailand *'' Kaempferia koratensis'' Picheans. - Thailand * '' Kaempferia laotica'' Gagnep. - Laos, Thailand * '' Kaempferia larsenii'' Sirirugsa - Thailand * '' Kaempferia lopburiensis'' Picheans. - Thailand *'' Kaempferia maculifolia'' Boonma & Saensouk -Thailand * '' Kaempferia mahasarakhamensis'' Saensouk & P. Saensouk - Thailand *'' Kaempferia nigrifolia'' Boonma & Saensouk - Thailand * '' Kaempferia ovalifolia'' Roxb. - Myanmar * ''

Kaempferia parviflora ''Kaempferia parviflora'', the Thai black ginger, Thai ginseng or ''krachai dum'', is an herbaceous plant in the family Zingiberaceae, native to Thailand. Kaempferia parviflora has been the subject of increased scientific interest in recent years ...

'' Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker - Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia * ''

Kaempferia philippinensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Merr. - Luzon * '' Kampferia pseudoparviflora'' Saensouk and Saensouk - Thailand * ''

Kaempferia purpurea ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius - Phuket * ''

Kaempferia roscoeana ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Wall. - Myanmar, Thailand * '' Kaempferia rotunda'' L. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), India, Nepal, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina; naturalized in Java, Malaysia and Costa Rica * ''

Kaempferia saraburiensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Picheans. - Thailand * '' Kaempferia sawanensis'' Picheans. & Koonterm - Laos * ''

Kaempferia siamensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Sirirugsa - Thailand * ''

Kaempferia simaoensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Y.Y.Qian - Yunnan * ''

Kaempferia sisaketensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Picheans. & Koonterm - Thailand * ''

Kaempferia spoliata ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Sirirugsa - Thailand *''

Kaempferia takensis ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

'' Boonma & Saensouk - Thailand * '' Kaempferia undulata'' Teijsm. & Binn. - Java

Research

Three species of ''Kaempferia'', i.e., ''K. galanga, K. rotunda'', and ''K. angustifolia'', are well studied for their essential oils along with other important phytochemical and medicinal properties. The micropropagation procedures of ''K. galanga'' and ''K. rotunda'' have been studied by many groups for more than two decades, but ''in vitro'' propagation of ''Kaempferia angustifolia'' was the first reported in 2018.Haque SM, Ghosh B. (2018) Micropropagation of ''Kaempferia angustifolia'' Roscoe - An Aromatic, Essential Oil Yielding, Underutilized Medicinal Plant of Zingiberaceae Family. J. Crop Sci. Biotech. 21 (2):147-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-017-0051-0

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2699485 Zingiberaceae genera