Curcuma aff. cordata

Common name: Kress Collection, SI#1998171

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Thailand

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#1998171

Provenance:

Kress# 98-6212
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Collins, M.
Thailand: 
19-24 km east of Mae Sariang towards the Salawin River.
Understory of evergreen wet forest, along small creek.
17 Jul 1998, 18.0331, 97.8886

Herb with shoots to 50 cm tall, leaves green.  
Inflorescence terminal on leafy shoot; basal bracts pale green with pink margins, upper bracts pink.  
Flowers pale yellow.

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Classification:

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

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1. Image #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, 02 August, 2019.

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