Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 1 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(59): 25 [secondary reference]

Burtt, B.L. & Smith, R.M. (1968), (251) Proposal to Conserve the Generic Name 1344. Amomum Roxburgh (1820) Non Linnaeus (1753) (Zingiberaceae). Taxon 17: 730 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Amomum zingiber L.

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 1: 289 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cardamomum Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1180 [secondary reference]

Voss, E.G. (1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111: 331 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Amomum Roxb. nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Amomum Roxb. nom. cons.

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