Haniffia albiflora

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Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: S. Pen. Thailand

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996313

Provenance:

Kress# 99-6370
Wood, T.
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From Reference #44

"Material other than type: Kiah 24254 (see above). 
Peninsular Thailand, Bukit (K, KEP). No. 97 BI 44. 
Collector Tom Wood. 
Flowers collected in greenhouses AAU, 28. October 1999. 

In October 1998 the same plant produced inflorescences at base as well as terminal at the leafy shoot (AAU incl. colour slides, BKF). 
Specimens of the same origin are cultivated in Hawaii (by the second author), Florida (by Tom Wood), and at the Smithsonian Institution (by John Kress). In this specimen the leafy shoot is only up to 40 cm high and with 7-8 leaves." 

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Classification:

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

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 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 Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
4. Larsen K, Mood J. Revision of the genus Haniffia (Zingiberaceae) Nord J Bot. 2000;20:285–289. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb00745.x. Last accessed on Thursday, 09 January, 2020.

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