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Accession Data:

Globba winitii C. H. Wright

  • sect. Globba

  • Common Name: Dancing Girl
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley

  • Country of Origin: Thailand

  • 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.
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500409
  • Source: Logees
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3209 - ZING: Globba
    • Currently: dormant
    • Qty: 5 confirmed on 12-14-2022
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

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

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016
    2015
    2014
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    2012
    2011
    2010
    2009
    2008
    2007
    2006
    2005
    2004
    2003

    References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Myanmar / Thailand

    References (external):

    1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
    2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 07, 2017.
    3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 07, 2017.
    4. Kyle J. Williams, W. John Kress and Paul S. Manos; The Phylogeny, Evolution, and Classification of the Genus Globba and Tribe Globbeae (Zingiberaceae): Appendages Do Matter, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Jan., 2004), pp. 100-114 (15 pages). Last accessed on Tuesday, 07 May, 2019.

    data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:54:44 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

    Globba winitii

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    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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