Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera penicillata (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen

Isoneotype of Etlingera penicillata (K.Schum.) A.D.Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Firdaus, & Ahmad,

Collection number: 2666

Collection date: 4th March 2008

Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Tengah

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Central Sulawesi [Sulawesi Tengah]:Lore Lindu National Park. Maleo Station, 3 km E of Saluki.

Habitat: Open forest near river gorge. Sandy soil.

Description: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome long-creeping (to 70 cm between neighbouring leafy shoots), to 2.5 cm diam., scales cream. Leafy shoot to 3 m long. Base to 5 cm diam., pale pink -?especially when young. Sheath green. Ligule to 14 mm long, green. Petiole 20 mm long, with callus at base. Lamina to 62 x 14 cm. Inflorescence from rhizome, subterranean, only upper half of flower appearing above ground. One flower open at a time. Peduncle 3.5-6 cm long, scales cream. Spike 4.5-5 x 2.5 cm (bracts only; flower extended 2.5 cm above bracts). Fertile bract and bracteole cream. Calyx cream, pale pink in upper 1/3. Corolla tube cream, lobes red. Labellum red, apex 3 cm long, bilobed (incission 12 mm). Filament pale red. Anther red. Stigma dark red. Taste of centre of leafy shoot base: mild with slight diesel or aniseed like E. megalocheilos.

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

Barcode: E00680792

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00680792

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 1