Common name:
Family: Zingiberaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1998186
Provenance:
Kress# 98-6230
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Collins, M.
Thailand:
40 km north of Mae Sariang on the road to Mae Hong Son. North of Mae La Noi.
18.4589, 97.9353, 18 Jul 1998
Herb with shoots to 40 cm tall; leaves green.
Inflorescence terminal, bracts green.
Flowers orange, labellum with red center; bulbils pale yellow green.
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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.
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