Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Kaempferia rotunda in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 3.
today: The current name for this species is Kaempferia rotunda L.
original Latin diagnosis
Kaempferia foliis lanceolatis petiolatis.
English translation
Kaempferia with leaves lanceolate [and] petiolate.
| Kaempferia | Kaempferia |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| petiolate. | petiolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective petiolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |