Maranta galanga Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 3. 1762.

"Habitat in India aquosa." RCN: 11.

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 153. 1917): [icon] " Galanga major" in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: 143, t. 63. 1747.

Current name: Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. ( Zingiberaceae).