Sulettaria surculosa is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann, and received its current name from Brian Laurence Burtt and Rosemary Margaret Smith.

[1] Sulettaria surculosa is part of the genus Sulettaria and the family Zingiberaceae.

[2][3] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

[2] It was reclassified from Elettaria into Sulettaria in 2018:[4]