Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Amomum zingiber in Species Plantarum, 1st edition, p. 1.
today: The current name for this species is Zingiber officinale Roscoe
original Latin description
Amomum scapo nudo, spica ovata.
English translation
Amomum with a scape naked [and] an a spike ovate.
| Amomum | Amomum |
| with a scape, | scapo - ablative singular of 2nd declension masculine noun scapus, -i |
| naked | nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies scapo |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| with a spike. | spica - ablative singular of 1st declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| ovate | ovata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies spica |