Accession Data

Siphonochilus kirkii

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s): Siphonochilus decorus (Druten) Lock

Country of Origin: Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip

Accession Data

Accession #: 202000006

Accession Date: 2020-02-21 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3210

Quantity: 1

Source: Jimmy Grogan - Smith College

Provenance:

Rcvd as Siphonochilus decorus
Smith# 51998*A
Accessioned as S. kirkii per WCSP(Kew)

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Siphonochiloideae

Tribe: Siphonochileae

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. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 21 February, 2020.
  2. 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 Friday, 21 February, 2020.

Images

Siphonochilus kirkii
Siphonochilus kirkii