Plant derived from Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China Taxonomy Family Zingiberaceae Genus Roscoea Distribution China (Sichuan, Yunnan) (36 CHC) Lifeform Tuber geophyte
Synonyms Heterotypic synonyms Roscoea capitata var. purpurata .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48: lxxiv (1901 publ. 1902). Roscoea chamaeleon Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48: lxxvi (1901 publ. 1902). Roscoea yunnanensis Loes., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 599 (1923). Roscoea yunnanensis var. purpurata ( Gagnep.) Loes., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 599 (1923), nom. illeg. Roscoea cautleyoides var. purpurea ( Gagnep.) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 151: t. 9084 (1926). Roscoea sinopurpurea Stapf, Bot. Mag. 151: t. 9084 (1926), nom. superfl. Roscoea cautleyoides f. atropurpurea Cowley, Gen. Roscoea: 117 (2007). Roscoea cautleyoides f. sinopurpurea Cowley, Gen. Roscoea: 117 (2007).