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Accession Data:

Hypselodelphys hirsuta (Loes.) Koechlin

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson
  • Synonym(s): Trachyphrynium hirsutum Loes., Marantochloa hirsuta

  • Country of Origin: WC. Trop. Africa

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900210
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996199
  • Provenance:
    Rcvd as Marantochloa hirsuta
    Kress# 96-5606
    Kress, W. J.
    United States: Hawaii
    Eden Farms, Hilo
    Nov 1995
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3208 - ZING: Zingiber/Boesenbergia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-26-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Marantaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cameroon / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) (as Marantochloa hirsuta) 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.

data regenerated on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Hypselodelphys hirsuta

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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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