Siamanthus

Siamanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Siamanthus
K.Larsen & J.Mood
Species: S. siliquosus
Binomial name
Siamanthus siliquosus
K.Larsen & J.Mood

Siamanthus is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It contains only one known species, Siamanthus siliquosus, endemic to Thailand and first described in 1998.[1][2]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Kai Larsen & John Mood (1998). "Siamanthus, a new genus of Zingiberaceae from Thailand". Nordic Journal of Botany 18: 393–397. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1998.tb01516.x.


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