Etlingera pavieana is a monocotyledonous plant species first described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre and François Gagnepain, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera pavieana is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae. 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