Family: Zingiberaceae
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Etlingera translucens A.D.Poulsen
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Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Etlingera translucens A.D.PoulsenDet.E00770247Poulsen, A.D. February 2013
Isotype of Etlingera translucens A.D.Poulsen
Collector/Expedition: Santika, Yessi
Collection number: 430
Collection date: 8th August 2009
Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Tenggara
Collecting locality: Indonesia:South East Sulawesi [Sulawesi Tenggara]:Gunung Mekongga, Kabupaten Utara, Desa Tinukari
Description: Terrestrial herb, 90cm tall, in loose clump (c. 2.cm between neighbouring shoots). Base c. 2cm diam., swollen. Stilt root 9cm long. Leafy shoot c. 1m long, with 16-17 leaves. Sheath pale green, glabrous. Leaf 25-27 x 3 cm, wavy, glabrous. Young leaves purplish at below. Ligule 1 cm long, rounded thin, green with brown margin. Infloresence radical, total length c. 6cm long. Peduncle 2.2cm, spike 3.5cm. Peduncular bract 6 pale green. Fertile bract 2.5cm long, pink translucence. Bracteole 1.4cm long, cream, translucence, trilobed. Calyx 1.9cm long, pink, translucence, trilobed. Corolla 2.8cm long, red translucence, trilobed, rounded, red. Labellum 1.4cm long, red. Staminal tube 0.5cm long, reddish. Anther 1cm. Overy yellowish pubesence.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00770247
Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)
Number of sheets: 1
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