A new andromonoecious species related to the eggplant and belonging to Solanum
subgenus Leptostemonum from southern Africa is described. Solanum umtuma Voronts. & …

Chemical composition of rhizome essential oils of Amomum agastyamalayanum and A.
newmanii from south India were analyzed by gas chromatographic techniques. Major …

A new species of Amomum Roxb. from Western Ghats of Kerala is illustrated and described.
Amomum nilgiricum VP. Thomas & M. Sabu, sp. nov. shows similarity with Amomum …

Two new species of Amomum, A. agastyamalayanum VP Thomas & M. Sabu and A.
newmanii M. Sabu & VP Thomas (Zingiberaceae), from the Western Ghats of Kerala are …

Abstract Amomum Roxburgh (1820: 75) is the second largest genus in the ginger family with
about 150–180 species, widely distributed in Southeast Asia (Xia et al. 2004). The genus is …

Amomum kingii var. oblongum (Zingiberaceae): a new variety from Sikkim Himalaya Page 1
Phytotaxa 220 (1): 089–094 www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/ Copyright © 2015 Magnolia …

The ginger family, Zingiberaceae, is the largest family in Zingiberales with 53 genera and
over 1377 species (Kong et al. 2010). With about 150–180 species Amomum Roxb. is the …

The new species Amomum sahyadricum VP Thomas & M. Sabu (Zingiberaceae) is
described and illustrated from the Western Ghats, India. The new species is related to A …

India has been referred as the land of spices, because of its contribution to the world of the
two main spices, the black pepper (Piper longum L.) and cardamom [Elettaria cardamomum …

During a study to re-assess the genus Amomum Roxb. in Sri Lanka, we encountered a new
variety of Amomum from Seven Virgin Hills of Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. This …