Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Alpinia novae-hiberniae B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.

Isotype of Alpinia novae-hiberniae B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.

Collector/Expedition: Sands, Martin Jonathan Southgate

Collection number: 857

Collection date: 14th February 1970

Country/Territory: Papua New Guinea:New Ireland

Collecting locality: Papua New Guinea:New Ireland:Namatanai Sub-district; Hans Meyer Range, Danfu river valley about 8 km. west and upstream of the Danfu bridge nr. Manga; steep gully on the west side of a ridge c.3 km south of the river

Habitat: Mixed forest apparently dominated by Podocarpus and ?Eugenia spp.; deep clay loam and rough limestone outcrops; partial clearing (due to tree-fall ?).

Description: Extremely large plant to 8 m.; stems very stout, erect; lves. each c. 1 m long, bluish-mid-green above, paler beneath; infl. terminal (branched in one case) fls. +/- on one side, emergent from a series of brown scarious sheathing bracts; sepals yellowish-green; corolla white, fragrant - a mild sweet ginger odour.

Barcode: E00149627

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00149627

Herbarium region: 6E (New Guinea)

Number of sheets: 1