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Accession Data:

Megaphrynium macrostachyum (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: W. Trop. Africa to Uganda

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900221
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994805
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 94-5329
    Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M.
    United States: Hawaii: 
    16 Nov 1994
    Haleiwa via RBG Kew. Cultivated., 
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3204 - ZING:tbd
    • Currently: active - needs attention
    • 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

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ghana / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Togo / Cabinda / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon / Zaire / Sudan / Uganda

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
  3. 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 Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:09 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Megaphrynium macrostachyum

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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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