Etlingera moluccana is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann, and got its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera moluccana is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae.
The species' range is the Moluccas. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.
References R.M.Sm., 1986 In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 248 WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families