Curcuma rubrobracteata

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Assam to China (SW. Yunnan)

Description:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2003071

Provenance:

Kress# 03-7357
Kress, W. J., Aye Pe, Than Than Htay, (BURMA), Win Win Aung, (BURMA),That Htun, (BURMA), Bordelon, M.
Myanmar: Shan State
13 miles from Hsipaw towards Namtan
22.5675, 97.4119, 26 Jun 2003

Shoots to 75 cm, leaves green.  
Inflorescence basal, bracts deep red.  
Flowers yellow orange

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Classification:

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

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 Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

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