Accession Data
Boesenbergia kingii
Family: Zingiberaceae
Country of Origin: NE. India to China (Yunnan)
Accession Data
Accession #: 201900127
Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3207
Quantity: 1
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1997139
Provenance:
Kress# 97-5821 Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Thet Htun Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park; Butolong Reserve, vicinity of Thebeik Sae Base Camp and Pagoda. 22.3175, 94.4678, 17 Jul 1997 Herb with shoots to 50 cm tall; leaves green above, maroon below. Inflorescence on basal shoot; bracts red maroon. Flowers unopened, white.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
References
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Friday, 12 July, 2019.
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