Elettariopsis smithiae

Common name: Elettariopsis smithiae

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia

Description:

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999069

Provenance:

Kress# 99-6313
Kress, W. J., Collins, M., Sukhavanich, N.
Thailand: Loei Province: Phu Rua District
Phu Rua, near town.
17.4658, 101.3658, 18 Apr 1999

Shoots to 45 cm tall, leaves green, glaucous below.  
Inflorescence on basal shoots, bracts white. 
Flowers: calyx and corolla white; labellum white with yellow orange callosic stripe.

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Classification:

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

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019) (as Amomum smithiae). 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 Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.
4. Monaco Nature Encyclopedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, 14 January, 2020.

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