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Accession Data

Alpinia kwangsiensis

Family: Zingiberaceae

Country of Origin: S. China

Description: Pseudostems 1.5--3 m. Ligule 2-cleft, ca. 8 mm, hirsute; petiole 4--8 cm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 40--60 × 8--16 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely pubescent, base cordate or attenuate, slightly oblique, apex with spirally rolled, sharp tip. Racemes erect, 13--30 cm, densely flowered, slightly elongate in fruit, densely yellow hirsute; bracteoles brown, oblong, ca. 3.5 cm, yellow hirsute, apex 2-cleft. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Calyx pale purple, cylindric, ca. 2 cm, split on 1 side, yellow hirsute, apex 3-cleft. Corolla white; tube ca. 1.2 cm; lobes oblong, ca. 2 × 1.4 cm, margin ciliate. Labellum white, adaxially tinged with red, ovate, ca. 2.5 cm. Anther ca. 1 cm; filament ca. 1 cm. Ovary oblong, ca. 5 mm, densely yellow hirsute. Capsule globose, ca. 2 cm in diam., sparsely villous. Fl. and fr. Apr--Jun. 2 n = 48*.4

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900267

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1212

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2002097`

Provenance: 

Kress# 02-7107
Kress, W. J., Thet Htun, Bordelon, M., Sein Tun
Myanmar: Kachin State: Moe Hnyin Township
Nanyinkha Forest Reserve W of Indawgyi Lake 2 miles W of Lone Ton.
25.1106, 96.2439, 01 Mar 2002
herb; Shoots to 1 m, leaves green and puckered, shoots red.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Alpinioideae

Tribe: Alpinieae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 10 July, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 10 July, 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 Friday, 12 July, 2019.
  4. Flora of China. Last accessed on Monday, 27 January, 2020.

Images

Alpinia kwangsiensis
Alpinia kwangsiensis