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Family: Zingiberaceae
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Pleuranthodium sagittatum Lofthus & A.D.Poulsen
Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Jimbo, Tiberius, Banda, William & Mundua, Thomas
Collection date: 18th April 2016
Country/Territory: Papua New Guinea:Chimbu
Collecting locality: Slopes of Mt. Wilhelm, Wonn.
Latitude: 5°48'52''S, Longitude: 145°4'58''E
Habitat: Montane forest gap with Pandanus brossimus.
Description: Terrestial herb. Leafy shoots in clump, up to 6cm apart, 1.6-1.8 m long, with up to 24 leaves. Base distinctly swollen, 2.5cm diam, brownish-hairy, yellow-green; sheath scabrid, yellow-green, lower sheath dead and pale brown; ligule emarginate, reddish brown; petiole to 4 mm long; lamina to 30 x 7 cm, narrowly ovate, glabrous, mid-green, beneath pale green, base ± cordate. Inflorescence subterminal (by 8 cm) to 15 cm long, pendulous; penduncle pale yellow-green; bracts of inflorescence red when young; spike obpyriform, 9 x 7 cm; pedicel and ovary pale red; calyx pale red; distinctly wrinkled; corolla pale orange; stamen pale orange; stigma cream. Fruit ellipsoid. 3-locular, 20 x 9 mm, orange, pedicel 7 mm long; seeds green, aril red.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E01045364
Herbarium region: 6E (New Guinea)
Number of sheets: 1
Associated material:
Herbarium sheetE01045365
Herbarium sheetE01045366
Herbarium sheetE01045367
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