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Zingiberaceae

Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Alpinieae

Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Riedelieae

Subfamily Zingiberoideae
Tribe Globbeae

Subfamily Zingiberoideae
Tribe Zingibereae

W/C = Wild Collected
Globba winitii C. H. Wright

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Dancing Girl
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley

  • Country of Origin: Thailand
  • Habitat:

  • Description: A native of Thailand, this species has large, lance-shaped leaves to 8 in (80 cm) long that are heart-shaped at the base. It bears pendent racemes of tubular yellow flowers with large deep pink or purplish reflexed bracts from fall (autumn) to early winter.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500409
  • Source: Logees
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1208 - AUS:Indo-Burma B
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-04-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae
  • SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
  • Tribe: Globbeae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

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