Kaempferia L.
Sp. Pl. 2. 1753.

Small herb with short rhizomes and tuberous roots. The lateral staminodes are large. Bifid labellum and the two staminodes form a flat, quadrate structure giving the impression of a 4-merous floer. The genus which spread throughout tropical Asia with the centre of diversity in monsoon Asi, where Thailand seems to be the area with most species. It is having about 70 species with 7 representatives in India, including 3 endemics. Kaempferia siphonantha (King) Baker transferred to Boesenbergia.

Kaempferia elegans

Kaempferia galanga

Kaempferia marginata

Kaempferia rotunda

Kaempferia scaposa

Kaempferia parviflora

Kaempferia angustifolia