Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Kaempferia galanga in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 2.
today: The current name for this species is Kaempferia galanga L.
original Latin description
Kaempferia foliis ovatis sessilibus.
English translation
Kaempferia with leaf blades ovate [and] sessile.
| Kaempferia | Kaempferia |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ovate | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| sessile. | sessilibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective sessilis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |