Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into China Southeast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Kaempferia
Specific Epithet
rotunda
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#184,758 of 335,497
Top 56%
Extinction probability
10%