Etlingera valida is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann, and given its current name by Axel Dalberg Poulsen. Etlingera valida is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae. The species' range is on Sumatra. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.
References A.D.Poulsen, 2003 In: Blumea 48: 526 WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families