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Accession Data:

Globba radicalis Roxb.

  • sect. Mantisia

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
  • Synonym(s): Mantisia radicalis (Roxb.) D.P.Dam & N.Dam

  • Country of Origin: E. Himalaya to Myanmar
  • Habitat: Understory of high indaing forest.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900189
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1997130B
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 97-5804
    Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Thet Htun
    Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
    Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, between Kabaign and Thebeik Sae base camp.  Magu range; approx. 10 miles from camp.  Butolong Reserve.
    22.3167, 94.4667, 15 Jul 1997
    
    Herb.  Shoots to 50 cm, leaves green.  
    Inflorescence terminal; bracts green; congested.  
    Flowers orange.
    
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3209 - ZING: Globba
    • Currently: dormant
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-14-2022

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

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / Myanmar

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.
  5. Southeastern Asia: Central Myanmar at WWF Ecoegions. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:56:35 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Globba radicalis

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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