Aframomum is a genus in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is widespread across tropical Africa as well as on some islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius). It is represented by approximately 50 species. It is larger than other genera in its family. Species are perennials and produce colorful flowers.

Species
A. albiflorum Lock
A. alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K.Schum.
A. alpinum (Gagnep.) K.Schum.
A. amaniense Loes.
A. angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum.
A. arundinaceum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
A. atewae Lock & J.B.Hall
A. aulacocarpos Pellegr. ex Koechlin
A. cereum (Hook.f.) K.Schum.
A. chrysanthum Lock
A. citratum (C.Pereira) K.Schum.
A. colosseum K.Schum.
A. cordifolium Lock & J.B.Hall
A. corrorima (A.Braun) P.C.M.Jansen
A.daniellii (Hook.f.) K.Schum.
A. elegans Lock
A. elliottii (Baker) K.Schum.
A. exscapum (Sims) Hepper
A. flavum Lock
A. geocarpum Lock & J.B.Hall
A. giganteum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
A. kayserianum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
A. laurentii (De Wild. & T.Durand) K.Schum.
A. laxiflorum Loes. ex Lock
A. leptolepis (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
A. letestuanum Gagnep.
A. limbatum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
A. longiligulatum Koechlin
A. longipetiolatum Koechlin
A. longiscapum (Hook.f.) K.Schum.
A. luteoalbum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
A. makandensis Dhetchuvi
A. mala (K.Schum. ex Engl.) K.Schum.
A. mannii (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
A. melegueta K.Schum.
A. mildbreadii Loes.
A. orientale Lock
A. pilosum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
A. polyanthum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
A. pruinosum Gagnep.
A. pseudostipulare Loes. & Mildbr. ex Koechlin
A. rostratum K.Schum.
A. sceleratum A.Chev.
A. sericeum Dhetchuvi & D.J.Harris
A. singulariflorum Dhetchuvi
A. spiroligulatum A.D.Poulsen & Lock
A. stanfieldii Hepper
A. strobilaceum (Sm.) Hepper
A. subsericeum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
A. sulcatum (Oliv. & D.Hanb. ex Baker) K.Schum.
A. thonneri De Wild.
A. uniflorum A.D.Poulsen & Lock
A. verrucosum Lock
A. wuerthii Dhetchuvi & Eb.Fisch.
A. zambesiacum (Baker) K.Schum.
^ The genus Aframomum was first published as a taxon in Das Pflanzenreich ["The Plant Kingdom"] IV. 46(Heft 20): 201. 1904, with no type species given. "Name – Aframomum K.Schum.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 18 June 2011. Note: type not designated
^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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