Taxon:  Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen



Summary
Genus:
Wurfbainia
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
480416
Place of publication:
Taxon 67:30.  2018
Verified:
03/21/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen (0 active accession[s])
Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen var. nana (H. T. Tsai & S. W. Zhao) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen (0 active accession[s])
Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen var. villosa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum xanthioides Wall. ex Baker

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T. L. Wu & S. J. Chen

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Boer, H. de et al. 2018. Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): recircumscribing Amomum as a monophyletic genus. Taxon 67:30.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Chinesesuo sha ren缩砂仁as Amomum villosum var. xanthioides2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Amomum villosum var. xanthioides
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Reference(s)
  1. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum villosum var. xanthioidesMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Amomum villosum var. xanthioides
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum xanthioidesBensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. 1993. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. Note: Eastland Press, Seattle
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum xanthioidesPadua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):118. Note: as Amomum xanthioides
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum xanthioidesYen, Kun-Ying. 1994. Illustrated Chinese materia medica crude and prepared. Note: as Amomum xanthioides
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=480416. Accessed 30 October 2026.