Kaempferia elegans

Kaempferia elegans
	Kaempferia pulchra in Osaka Prefectural Flowers Garden in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:	Zingiberoideae
Tribe:	Kaempferia
Genus:	Kaempferia
Species:	K. elegans
Binomial name
	Kaempferia elegans; (Wall.) Baker
Synonyms
	Kaempferia pulchra Ridl.; Monolophus elegans Wall.; Kaempferia crawfurdia Wall. ex Horan.; Kaempferia atrovirens N.E.Br.

Kaempferia elegans (commonly known as the silver spot) is a shade-loving ginger that has 6" round leaves with three rows of silver spots arranged across them. It has small purple flowers.

Odenwald, Neil G.; Turner, James R. (2006), Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants: For Landscape Design (4th ed.), Claitor's, p. 244, ISBN 1-59804-317-X
Smith, Brenda Beust (28 March 1998), "Increasingly popular gingers produce incredible blooms", Houston Chronicle, p. 5, Factiva hou0000020010917du3s00d4u

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