ZingiberaceaeSubfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Alpinieae
Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Riedelieae
Subfamily Zingiberoideae
Tribe Globbeae
Subfamily Zingiberoideae
Tribe Zingibereae
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Alpinia mutica Roxb.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Small Shell Ginger, Orchid Ginger
- Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
- Country of Origin: Malay peninsula
- Habitat:
- Description: [syn. Catimbium muticum (Roxb.) Holtt.]
Perennial herb to 6 feet; leaves to 16 inches long, 1.75 inches wide; inflorescence terminating leafy stem, about 6 inches long, with cincinni of 2-3 flowers at each node, short-hairy; flowers white, in axils of deciduous flower bracts, lip to 1.5 inches long, yellow, marked with red.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198500377
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1202 - N Bench
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-06-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Alpinioideae
- Tribe: Alpinieae
- SubTribe:
References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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