Accession Data

Zingiber aff. roseum

Family: Zingiberaceae

Country of Origin: S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan)

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900243

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3207

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999181

Provenance:

Kress# 99-6500
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Williams, K. J., Thet Htun
Myanmar: Shan State: Nawnghkio Township
Road between Pyin-Oo-Lwin and Nawnghkio; 25 miles NE of Pyin-Oo-Lwin.
22.1778, 96.6539, 02 Jul 1999

Herb with shoots to 1 m in height, leaves entirely dark green. 
Inflorescence on short basal shoot, bracts red, essentially subterranean.  
Flowers: petals reddish, labellum white, anther appendage yellow with red apex.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Zingiberoideae

Tribe: Zingibereae

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

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 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 Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.

Images

Zingiber  aff. roseum