Amomum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Alpinioideae
Tribus: Alpinieae
Genus: Amomum
Species (s.s.): A. alborubellum – A. ampliflorum – A. andamanicum – A. apiculatum – A. aquaticum – A. argyrophyllum – A. bicornutum – A. bilabiatum – A. billburttii – A. biphyllum – A. bulusanense – A. calcicola – A. carnosum – A. centrocephalum – A. cephalotes – A. chaunocephalum – A. chayanianum – A. chevalieri – A. chong-eui – A. chryseum – A. cinnamomeum – A. corrugatum – A. curtisii – A. dampuianum – A. dealbatum – A. deuteramomum – A. diphyllum – A. dolichanthum – A. echinatum – A. elan – A. exertum – A. flavorubellum – A. fragile – A. fragrans – A. garoense – A. glabrum – A. globba – A. gymnopodum – A. hainanense – A. hochreutineri – A. hypoleucum – A. irosinense – A. johorense – A. kerbyi – A. kingii – A. kwangsiense – A. lacteum – A. lagarophyllum – A. laoticum – A. latiflorum – A. limianum – A. linearifolium – A. longipes – A. longipetiolatum – A. lutescens – A. luzonense – A. macrodons – A. maximum – A. meghalayense – A. menglaense – A. mengtzense – A. microcheilum – A. miriflorum – A. mizanianum – A. monophyllum – A. nemorale – A. nimkeyense – A. odontocarpum – A. pauciflorum – A. pellitum – A. petaloideum – A. plicatum – A. poonsakianum – A. prionocarpum – A. procurrens – A. pterocarpum – A. puberulum – A. pubescens – A. purpureorubrum – A. putrescens – A. queenslandicum – A. ranongense – A. repoeense – A. riwatchii – A. robertsonii – A. rugosum – A. sabuanum – A. schlechteri – A. sericeum – A. siamense – A. slahmong – A. smithiae – A. stenocarpum – A. stenosiphon – A. subcapitatum – A. subulatum – A. sumatranum – A. tephrodelphys – A. terminale – A. trianthemum – A. trichanthera – A. trilobum – A. unifolium – A. velutinum – A. wandokthong – A. warburgianum – A. warburgii – A. yingjiangense
Name

Amomum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 75 (1820), nom. cons.

Type species: Amomum subulatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 43 (1820)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Torymenes Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 283 (1812), nom. nud.
Zedoaria Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 53 (1838)
Geocallis Horan., Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 33 (1862)
Cardamomum Rumph. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 (1891)
Elettariopsis Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 251 (1892)
Paramomum S.Q.Tong, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 7: 309 (1985)

References

Roxburgh, W. 1820. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 75.
de Boer, H., Newman, M., Poulsen, A.D., Droop, A.J., Fér, T., Hiên, L.T.T., Hlavatá, K., Lamxay, V., Richardson, J.E., Steffen, K. & Leong-Škorničková, J. 2018. Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): Recircumscribing Amomum as a monophyletic genus. Taxon 67(1): 6-36. DOI: 10.12705/671.2 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Amomum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Nov. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Amomum. Published online. Accessed: Aug 11 2014.
Poulsen, A.D., Båserud Mathisen, H., Newman, M.F., Ardiyani, M., Lofthusi, Ø. & Sletten Bjoråi, C. 2018. Sulettaria: A new ginger genus disjunct from Elettaria cardamomum. Taxon 67(4): 725-738. DOI: 10.12705/674.3 Paywall Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Amomum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Aug 11.

Vernacular names
English: Cardamom
suomi: Jaavankardemummat

Amomum is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland.[1][3] It includes several species of cardamom, especially black cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.[4][5]

Among ancient writers, the name amomum was ascribed to various odoriferous plants that cannot be positively identified today. The word derives from Latin amomum,[6] which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄμωμον (amomon), a kind of an Indian spice plant.[7] Edmund Roberts noted on his 1834 trip to China that amomum was used as a spice to "season sweet dishes" in culinary practice.[8]

Selected species

See List of Amomum species for a complete list.

The following have further information:

Amomum subulatum (black cardamom) - Type species

Placed elsewhere

The following species are now placed in other genera:

Amomum compactum is Alpinia nutans
Amomum costatum is Hornstedtia costata (Roxb.) K.Schum.
Amomum dallachyi is a synonym of Meistera dallachyi (F.Muell.) Skornick. & M.F.Newman
Amomum epiphyticum R.M.Sm. is a synonym of Epiamomum epiphyticum (R.M.Sm.) A.D.Poulsen & Skornick.
Amomum filiforme is Hedychium coronarium
Amomum pulchellum is Cyphostigma (monotypic)
Amomum tsao-ko is Lanxangia tsaoko
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton is: Amomum ensal, Amomum repens, Amomum repens & Amomum uncinatum
Amomum mioga is Zingiber mioga
Amomum melegueta is Aframomum melegueta
Amomum zambesiacum is Aframomum zambesiacum

Now be placed in the reconstituted genus Wurfbainia:

Amomum elegans
Wurfbainia uliginosa is: Amomum uliginosum, Amomum robustum & Amomum ovoideum
Amomum villosum