Herbarium catalogue
Family: Zingiberaceae
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Etlingera polycarpa subsp. ligulata A.D.Poulsen
| Name | Det. qual. | Type of det. | Det. based on specimen | Det. by and when | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etlingera polycarpa (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen | Det. | E00208608 | Poulsen, A.D. August 2009 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) | |
| Etlingera polycarpa (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen | Det. | E00208607 | Poulsen, A.D. August 2009 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) | |
| Etlingera polycarpa (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen | Det. | E00208606 | Poulsen, A.D. August 2009 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) | |
| Etlingera polycarpa (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen | Det. | E00208605 | Poulsen, A.D. August 2009 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) | |
| Etlingera polycarpa (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen | Det. | E00208604 | Poulsen, A.D. August 2009 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) | |
| Etlingera polycarpa (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen | Det. | E00639918 | Newman, M.F. 17th February 2014 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) |
Country/Territory: United Kingdom
Garden collecting location: G56 - Lowland Tropics - Indoor Department - Edinburgh
Verbatim garden collecting location: G56
Description: To 4 m, leafy shoots with up to 21 leaves, in dense clump, support roots well-developed tending stilting, reddish. Base to 5 cm across, reddish brown. Sheath yellow-green mottled red. Ligule sessile with two lateral lobes. Lamina to 70 x 15 cm, plain green with red spots scattered. Inflorescence from the base of leafy shoot, to 15 cm in total, peduncle adscending to become erect, 5–7 cm, peduncular bracts greenish, tinged reddish, with gigant mucron, spike subglobular 4 –6 x 4 cm, bracts orange-brown when young, flowers emerging 2 cm freely above the spike. Receptacle c. 3 cm. Fertile bract pink to pale brown, short-lasting, bracteole shorter than bract, pale pink, calyx cream to pink at apex, corolla tube very pale pink, corolla lobes and margin of labellum pink (recurved), anther cream yellowish green tinged pink, stigma pink. Mature fruits produced in June 2005. Infructescence head to 10 x 10 cm, pale brown more or less tinged red, fruit rounded, flat-topped, spiny.
Collection number: 2337
Collection date: 22nd February 2005
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00639918
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
Associated material:
Herbarium sheetE00208608
SpiritE00830746
Herbarium sheetE00208607
Herbarium sheetE00208606
Herbarium sheetE00208605
Herbarium sheetE00208604
SpiritE00783812
SpiritE00783813
This specimen is a voucher for RBGE accession: 20021894A
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