Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Achasma yunnanense T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen, Achasma yunnanensis T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen, Alpinia acrostachya Steud., Alpinia diracodes Loes., nom. illeg., Alpinia elatior Jack, Alpinia javanica (Blume) D. Dietr., nom. illeg., Alpinia magnifica Roscoe, Alpinia speciosa K. Schum., Alpinia speciosa D. Dietr., Alpinia speciosa (Blume) D. Dietr., Amomum magnificum Benth. & Hook.f., Amomum magnificum (Roscoe) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D. Jacks., Amomum tridentatum (Kuntze) K. Schum., Amomum tridentatum K. Schum., Bojeria magnifica Raf., Bojeria magnifica (Roscoe) Raf., Cardamomum magnificum Kuntze, Cardamomum magnificum (Roscoe) Kuntze, Cardamomum speciosum (Blume) Kuntze, Cardamomum speciosum Kuntze, Cardamomum tridentatum Kuntze, Diracodes javanica Blume, Elettaria speciosa Blume, Etlingera elatior var. alba Todam & C.K. Lim, Etlingera elatior var. alba Tohdam & C.K. Lim, Etlingera elatior var. pileng Ongsakul & C.K. Lim, Etlingera yunnanensis (T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen) R.M. Sm., Geanthus speciosus Reinw. ex Blume, nom. nud., Hornstedtia imperialis (Lindl.) Ridl., Nicolaia elatior (Jack) Horan., Nicolaia imperialis Horan., Nicolaia intermedia Valeton, Nicolaia magnifica (Roscoe) K. Schum. ex Valeton, Nicolaia speciosa (Blume) Horan., Phaeomeria imperialis Lindl., nom. inval., Phaeomeria magnifica (Roscoe) K. Schum., Phaeomeria speciosa (Blume) Koord., Phaeomeria speciosa Koord.) (Achasma Griffith, from the Greek a ‘without, lacking, absence’ and chasme ‘gaping, yawning’, chasmamai ‘to yawn’, referring to the flowers, see William Griffi th (1810–1845), Notulae ad plantas asiaticas. 3: 411, 426. Calcutta 1851.) (Nicolaia Horan., after Nicholas I, 1796–1855, he died during the Crimean War, the Czar (Tsar) of Russia (1825–1855), the third son of Paul I, an absolute despot..

References regarding Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Asiatic Researches (1810)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1811)
· Malayan Miscellanies (1822)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Javae (1827)
· An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany (1836)
· Flora Telluriana (1838)
· Synopsis Plantarum (1839)
· Prodromus Monographiae Scitaminearum (1862)
· Gen. Pl. (1883)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1892)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier
· Exkursionsflora von Java (1911)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1978)
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1986)
· Folia Malaysiana (2001)
· Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences (2005)
· Journal of Natural Products (2005)
· Food and Chemical Toxicology (2688)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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