For a long time R. scillifolia was incorrectly known in horticulture as R. alpina; Cowley (2007) cites articles written in 1938, the 1960s and 1970, all of which use this name for what is actually R. scillifolia.
Roscoea nepalensis was first collected in 1952 and was initially confused with R. alpina.
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The small size of the spurs below the anthers are like those of R. alpina.
Roscoea tibetica | Roscoea cautleyoides | Roscoea auriculata | Roscoea scillifolia | Roscoea alpina | Nothofagus alpina | Roscoea debilis | Roscoea | ''Juniperus communis'' subsp. ''alpina'', in Vitosha | Abbadia Alpina |