Accession Data

Globba marantina

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s): Globba bulbifera Roxb.

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

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900271

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3209

Quantity: 1

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.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Zingiberoideae

Tribe: Globbeae

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

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.

Images

Globba marantina
Globba marantina