Globba marantina

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s): <i>Globba bulbifera</i> Roxb.

Country of Origin: China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.)

Description:

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1997130A

Provenance:

Rcvd as Globba bulbifera Roxb.

Kress# 97-5805
Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Thet Htun
Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, between Kabaign and Thebeik Sae base camp.  Magu range; approx. 10 miles from camp.  Butolong Reserve.
22.3167, 94.4667, 15 Jul 1997

Herb.  Shoots to 50 cm, leaves green.  
Inflorescence terminal; bracts green; congested.  
Flowers orange.

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Classification:

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

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) (as Globba bulbifera) 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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