Accession Data

Donax canniformis

Family: Marantaceae

Synonym(s): Donax grandis (Miq.) Ridl.

Country of Origin: Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900177

Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3316

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999074

Provenance:

Rcvd as Donax grandis (Miq.) Ridl.

Kress# 99-6318
Kress, W. J., Collins, M., Sukhavanich, N.
Thailand: Naratiwat Province: Bacho District
Budho Padee National Park;  Bacho Waterfall
6.4811, 101.6697, 22 Apr 1999

Shoots to 2 m tall, leaves green. 
Inflorescence axillary on terminal branches, bracts yellow green, caducous.  
Flowers white.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Marantaceae

References

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.Last accessed on Tuesday, 07 May, 2019.
WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, 07 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 Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

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