''Smithatris'' is a

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of the ginger

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( Zingiberaceae). The first species of this genus, ''

Smithatris supraneanae ''Smithatris supraneanae'' is a monocotyledonous plant species described by Walter John Emil Kress and Kai Larsen. ''Smithatris supraneanae'' is part of the genus '' Smithatris'' and the family Zingiberaceae. The IUCN categorizes the species glo ...

'', was named in 1998 by Kress and Larsen, two researchers from

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, in the

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hills of Saraburi Province,

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. The genus was thought to be monospecific until a second species, '' Smithatris myanmarensis'', was discovered later in

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. The genus was named after the Scottish botanist Rosemary M. Smith due to her extensive contributions to discoveries and reclassifications in the ''Zingiberaceae'' family.

References

Zingiberoideae Zingiberaceae genera {{Zingiberales-stub