Common name:
Family: Zingiberaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Mantisia radicalis</i> (Roxb.) D.P.Dam & N.Dam
Country of Origin: E. Himalaya to Myanmar
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1997130B
Provenance:
Kress# 97-5804
Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Thet Htun
Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, between Kabaign and Thebeik Sae base camp. Magu range; approx. 10 miles from camp. Butolong Reserve.
22.3167, 94.4667, 15 Jul 1997
Herb. Shoots to 50 cm, leaves green.
Inflorescence terminal; bracts green; congested.
Flowers orange.
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
- Tribe: Globbeae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- Kyle J. Williams, W. John Kress and Paul S. Manos; The Phylogeny, Evolution, and Classification of the Genus Globba and Tribe Globbeae (Zingiberaceae): Appendages Do Matter, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Jan., 2004), pp. 100-114 (15 pages). 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 Monday, 15 July, 2019.
- Southeastern Asia: Central Myanmar at WWF Ecoegions. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.
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