Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 286

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scientific name	Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum.
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Amomum grana-paradisi Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 2. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Madagascar, Guinea." RCN: 7.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum. View in CoL View at ENA ( Zingiberaceae ).

Note: Gagnepain (in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50: 357. 1903) discussed the name and Hepper (in Kew Bull. 21: 130. 1967) informally rejected it, a course of action supported by Burtt & Smith (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 180. 1972). However, no formal proposal for the rejection of the name has been made.