Curcuma attenuata

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Myanmar to Thailand

Description:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999179

Provenance:

Kress# 99-6498
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Williams, K. J., Thet Htun
Myanmar: Shan State: Nawnghkio Township
Road between Pyin-Oo-Lwin and Nawnghkio.
22.1206, 96.6103, 02 Jul 1999

Herb with shoots to 70 cm, leaves green with deep purple midrib above, pubescent above and below.  Sterile.

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zingiberaceae
• SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
• Tribe: Zingibereae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 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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