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Family: Zingiberaceae
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Etlingera elegans A.D. Poulsen
| Name | Det. qual. | Type of det. | Det. based on specimen | Det. by and when | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etlingera elegans A.D. Poulsen | Det. | E00183945 | Poulsen, A.D. December 2012 | Herbarium O, University of Oslo |
Holotype of Etlingera elegans A.D. Poulsen
Country/Territory: United Kingdom
Garden collecting location: G65 - Musaceae and Zingiberaceae Research Collection - Edinburgh
Verbatim garden collecting location: G65
Description: Leafy shoot to 90 cm, rhizome, thin, short-creeping. Base to 10 mm across, reddish, sheath yellow-green, pseudostem diameter to 4 mm. Ligule dark purple. Lamina plain green, tinged purple near margin below. Small inflorescence derived from rhizome. Bracts tinged red, bracteole cream with brownish margin, apex of calyx tinged red, corolla white, lobes pale yellow-green, labellum white with pale pink margin, stamen and stigma white, thecae with forward-pointed stiff hairs only opening at apex, the pollen being pushed out in front of te apex of stamen; stigma at the same time recurved; ostiole pointed up and backwards (flexistyly).
Collection number: 2338
Collection date: 22nd February 2005
Kind of specimen: SPIRIT
Barcode: E00830696
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
Associated material:
Herbarium sheetE00183945
SpiritE00830697
This specimen is a voucher for RBGE accession: 20000517A
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