Cheilocostus speciosus

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Family: Costaceae

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Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#2001166

Provenance:

Kress# 01-6898
Kress, W. J., Thet Htun, Bordelon, M., Williams, K. J., Rehse, T.
Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Thabeikyin Township
Shwe-u-Daung National Park
22.9233, 96.1639, 12 Jun 2001

Stems slightly glaucous, leaves green. Sterile.

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
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• Family: Costaceae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019) as Hellenia speciosa. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
3. 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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