Elettaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Alpinioideae
Tribus: Alpinieae
Genus: Elettaria
Species: E. cardamomum – E. ensal
Name

Elettaria Maton, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 250. (1811)

Type species: Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 254. (1811)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cardamomum Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 2. (1790) nom. nud.
Matonia Stephenson & J.M.Churchill, Med. Bot. 3: t. 106. (1831)

References

Maton, W.G. 1811. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(2): 250. BHL
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. 2019. Elettaria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Elettaria. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Elettaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 5.

Vernacular names
български: Кардамон
čeština: Kardamom
Deutsch: Kardamom
English: Cardamom
Esperanto: Kardamomo
eesti: Kardemon
suomi: Kardemummat
français: Cardamome
magyar: Kardamomi mag
Bahasa, Indonesia: Kapulaga
日本語: カルダモン
Nederlands: Kardemom
norsk: Kardemomme
polski: Kardamon
português: Cardamomo
русский: Кардамон
slovenščina: Kardamom
svenska: Kardemumma
Türkçe: Kakule

Elettaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.[2] One member of the genus, E. cardamomum, is a commercially important spice used as a flavouring agent in many countries.

In 2018, several species were removed from Elettaria and placed in a new genus called Sulettaria. These species are recognized as of October 2018:[2]

Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton - India
Elettaria ensal (Gaertn.) Abeyw. - Sri Lanka

These former species from Malaysia and, Indonesia were reclassified into Sulettaria in 2018:[3]

Elettaria brachycalyx S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
Elettaria kapitensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
Elettaria linearicrista S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak, Brunei
Elettaria longipilosa S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
Elettaria longituba (Ridl.) Holttum - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
Eulettaria multiflora (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. - Sumatra, Sarawak
Elettaria rubida R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
Elettaria stoloniflora (K.Schum.) S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
Elettaria surculosa (K.Schum.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak

References

Elettaria cardamomum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen - Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Poulsen, Axel; Båserud Mathisen, Helena; Newman, Mark; Ardiyani, Marlina; Lofthus, Øystein; Bjora, Charlotte (2018-08-01). "Sulettaria : A new ginger genus disjunct from Elettaria cardamomum". Taxon. 67: 725–738. doi:10.12705/674.3.