Etlingera heyniana is a monocotyledonous plant species first described by Theodoric Valeton and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera heyniana is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae.
The range of the species is Java. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. It was last observed in 1921 and assessed as extinct by the IUCN in 2019.
References R.M.Sm., 1986 In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 246 WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families