Rhynchanthus beesianus

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: China (Yunnan) to Myanmar

Description:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2009023

Provenance:

Kress# 09-8681
Kress, W. J., Zhang, Li-Bing, Yang, Z. Y., Bordelon, M., Lopez, I.
China: Yunnan
Above Lancang City along road to Simao.
11 Jul 2009

Shoots to 1 m, leaves green with red ligule.  
Inflorescence terminal, one-sided, rachi sand bracts orange.  
Flowers: sepals and petals orange, staminodia pale green, anther bright yellow, filament pale yellow green.

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Classification:

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

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
3. Flora of China. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 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.

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