Curcuma sp.

Common name: Kress Collection, SI#2000050

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township

Description:

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000050

Provenance:

Kress# 00-6633
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tun, Thet, U Htay Win
Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Magu range. Vicinity of shrine.
Dry upper mixed deciduous forest.
12 Apr 2000, 22.3167, 94.4667

Inflorescence appearing before leaves; coma bracts deep red, fertile bracts green; 
rhizome with yellow inside, tubers white inside.

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Classification:

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

References:

1. 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, 05 August, 2019.

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