Globba pendula

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s): <i>Globba expansa</i> Wall. ex Horan.

Country of Origin: Assam to W. Malesia

Description:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996225

Provenance:

Rcvd as Globba expansa Wall.

Kress# 96-5643
Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Yin Yin Kyi
Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Pyinmana Township
26 miles west of Moeswe Forest Station.
19.9286, 95.9769, 15 May 1996

Shoots to 50 cm.  Leaves pale green, stem glaucous.  
Inflor. terminal, scape and rachis green.  
Flowers entirely orange.

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Classification:

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

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
3. BGCI ThreatSearch. Last accessed on Friday, 28 June, 2019.
4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) (as Globba expansa) 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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