Accession Data

Globba radicalis

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s): Mantisia radicalis (Roxb.) D.P.Dam & N.Dam

Country of Origin: E. Himalaya to Myanmar

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900189

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3209

Quantity: 1

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.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Zingiberoideae

Tribe: Globbeae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Southeastern Asia: Central Myanmar at WWF Ecoegions. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.

Images

Globba radicalis
Globba radicalis