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Taxon: Amomum melegueta Roscoe

Synonym of Aframomum melegueta K. Schum.

Genus: Amomum
Family: Zingiberaceae
Nomen number: 2925
Place of publication: Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae 29, t. 98. 1827-1828
Name verified on: 11-Apr-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Sep-2000
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Economic importance:


References:

  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
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Check other databases for Amomum melegueta Roscoe:

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2925 (09 February 2010)

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