Alpinia speciosa (J.C. Wendl.) K. Schum., Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 29. 1887 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Zerumbet speciosum J.C. Wendl., Sert. Hannov. 4: 3. 1798 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Alpinia nutans Roscoe, Exot. bot. 2: t. 106. 1805 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Costus zerumbet Pers., Syn. pl. 1: 3. 1805 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Languas speciosa (J.C. Wendl.) Small, Fl. s. e. U. S., ed. 2: 407. 1913 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Renealmia spectabilis Rusby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 218. 1927 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) Burtt & R.M. Sm. in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 31: 204. 1972 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008