Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera urophylla A.D.Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera urophylla A.D.Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg & Firdaus,

Collection number: 2671

Collection date: 7th March 2008

Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Tengah

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Central Sulawesi [Sulawesi Tengah]:Kebun Kopi, 20 km NE of Palu.

Habitat: Roadside in secundary forest and plantation area.

Description: Terrestrial herb. 5-13 cm between neighbouring leafy shoots. Leafy shoot to 2.3 m long. Base of leafy shoot to 3 cm diam., red. Sheath greenish brown. Ligule to 2 mm long, bilobed. Lamina sessile, to 52 x 6 cm, mid-green above; beneath pale green, pubescent; base acute; apex to 4 cm long. Inflorescence from rhizome, with 20 flowers, at soil level. Peduncle to 10 cm long, scales cream to reddish. Spike to 2.3 x 2.5 cm, bracts pale brown. Flower extended 4 cm above bracts. Fertile bract pale greenish brown, margin reddish brown. Bracteole dark reddish brown. Calyx pale green, apex dark brown. Corolla white, lobes pale reddish brown at apex. Labellum white, apex pale pink, centre white. Stamen and stigma white. Infructescence with 15-18 fruits. Head capitate, 4 x 4 cm, reddish. Fruit round, c. 13 mm diam., pale green in lower half; upper half reddish with scattered spines.

Miscellaneous notes: Deposited at: AAU, BO, E, SING. Material in spirit. Photographed. DNA sampled.

Barcode: E00531948

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00531948

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 5