Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera borealis A.D.Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera borealis A.D.Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg & Kinho, Julianus

Collection number: 2806

Collection date: 21st February 2009

Country/Territory: Indonesia

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Sulawesi. Central Sulawesi Province. Samawati.

Habitat: Secondary forest.

Description: Terrestrial herb. Leafy shoot to 3.8 m long, neighbouring shoots to 50 cm apart. Sheath reticulate, pale green. Ligule to 7 mm long. Petiole to 2.5 cm long. Lamina to 40 x 13 cm, not plicate; base truncate. Inflorescence from rhizome or base, to 12 cm long. Peduncle subterranean, to 5.5 cm long; bracts pale brown. Spike 7.5 x 2.5 cm, with 36 flowers, 6 open at a time; bracts cream to pale green, margin pale red. Bracteole membranous pale brown. Calyx pale pink with red-brown apex. Corolla lobes pale pink. Staminal tube pink. Labellum pale pink with pink lateral lobes. Stamen pale pink. Stigma pink. Infructescence with 2 fruits, red, spiny: spines in rows. [=2801, 2802]

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

Barcode: E00680820

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00680820

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 1