Curcuma sp.

Common name: Kress Collection, SI#2000069

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000069

Provenance:

Kress# 006657
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tun, Thet, U Htay Win
Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park; trail north of Shrine, along tributary of Min Dan Chaung.
Understory of bamboo forest, along stream.
15 Apr 2000, 22.305, 94.4333

Breaking dormancy, inflorescence appearing before leaves; rhizome bright yellow inside.  
Inflorescence: sterile coma bracts white with deep pink apices, fertile bracts very pale green. 
Flowers: all white, labellum with yellow stripe on lip, median stamen 

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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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