Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera cylindrica A.D.Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera cylindrica A.D.Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Firdaus, , Tiburrung, Sahir, Ucci, , Hikmah, , Laopa, & Rahman,

Collection number: 2781

Collection date: 31st January 2009

Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Selatan

Collecting locality: Indonesia:South Sulawesi [Sulawesi Selatan]:Sulawesi. South Sulawesi Province. Trail from Karangan to Rantemario.

Habitat: Forest.

Description: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome ascending on stilt roots (red when young) to 30 cm above the ground; rhizome scales greenish pink when young. Leafy shoots 5-10 cm apart, to c. 1.7 m long. Base to 1.7 cm diam. Sheath pale yellow-green. Ligule to 11 mm long. Petiole - 1 mm long. Lamina to 30 x 3.5 cm, tinged pink beneath when young; margin undulating; apex long and twisted. Inflorescence from rhizome, 6-8 x 0.7-1 cm, erect, cylindrical, with 2-3 flowers only. Bracts dark brown, upper red. Fertile bract transparent red, pale in lower 40%. Bracteole and calyx membranous, pink. Corolla tube pale pink; lobes darker towards apex. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum pink. Filament pale pink. Anther and stigma white. Fruit enclosed by bracts, cream with red apex.

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

Barcode: E00770263

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00770263

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 3