Orchidantha chinensis

Common name:

Family: Lowiaceae

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Country of Origin: China (Guangdong, Guangxi)

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1997035

Provenance:

Kress# 97-5759
Kress, W. J., Gallagher, N. L.
China: Guangdong: Yangchun

Shoots to 50 cm in height , leaves green.  
Inflorescence on basal shoot; bracts green (sometimes maroon); ovary green; sepals deep maroon with green inside; lateral petals dark maroon; labellum dark maroon, often with yellow apex; 

Kwangan: Changtun Power Station; Yun Wu Shan mountain range.
22.3994, 111.6592, 14 Mar 1997

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
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• Family: Lowiaceae
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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.

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