Curcuma sp. nov.

Common name: Kress Collection, SI#2003030

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Myanmar: Rakhine State

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#2003030

Provenance:

Kress# 03-7278
Kress, W. J., Aye Pe, Than Than Htay, (BURMA), Win Win Aung, (BURMA), Bordelon, M.
Myanmar: Rakhine State: 
16 miles N of Gwa towards Keintali
17.7175, 94.5381, 16 Jun 2003

Shoots to 50 cm, leaves green with red petioles; 
inflorescence terminal on leafy shoot, bracts red with yellow base; flowers yellow

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Classification:

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

References:

1. 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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