Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera xanthantha A.D. Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera xanthantha A.D. Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Ardiyani, Marlina M. & Kananga, Buen

Collection number: 2631

Collection date: 22nd February 2008

Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Utara

Collecting locality: Indonesia:North Sulawesi [Sulawesi Utara]:Bungkudaibaru, base of Gunung Ambang.

Habitat: Secondary forest.

Description: Terrestrial herb to 1.6 m. 15-40 cm between neighbouring shoots. Base to 4 cm diam., orange-brown. Sheath yellowish green, glabrous. Ligule to 10 mm long, orange-brown. Lamina sessile, to 50-54 x 13-14 cm, mid-green; beneath pale green flushed pinkish brown when young. Inflorescence from rhizome, 12 cm long. Peduncle 6 cm long, subterranean, peduncular scales cream. Spike 5 x 6.5 cm. Bracts greenish brown, pale at base, acute, spreading. Sterile bract green, pale brown at base. Bracteole pale yellowish brown in lower 1/2, pale yellowish green in upper 1/2, apex brown. Calyx pale yellowish cream, brownish in upper 1/3, apex brown. Corolla cream, lobes pale yellow. Staminal tube short: - 2 mm, cream. Labellum yellow, terminal lobe - bilobed. Stamen cream with yellow tinge. Stigma pink. Taste: bitter.

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

Barcode: E00643351

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00643351

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 1