Elettaria

Elettaria
	True Cardamom; (Elettaria cardamomum); 1896 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:	Alpinioideae
Tribe:	Alpinieae
Genus:	Elettaria; Maton, 1811
Synonyms
	Cardamomum Noronha; Matonia Stephenson & J.M.Churchill;

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
^ ^a ^b ^c 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 (4): 725–738. doi:10.12705/674.3. S2CID 92388068.

University of Melbourne: Sorting Elettaria names

[1] Elettaria cardamomum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen - Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen

[posh-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[3] 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 (4): 725–738. doi:10.12705/674.3. S2CID 92388068.

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