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CURCUMA PRASINA (ZINGIBERACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THAILAND

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2017

J. Leong-Škorničková
Affiliation:
Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore259569. E-mail: [email protected]
D.J. Middleton
Affiliation:
Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore259569. E-mail: [email protected]
P. Triboun
Affiliation:
Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Klong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand.
S. Suddee
Affiliation:
The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, 61 Phahonyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
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Abstract

Curcuma prasina (Zingiberaceae), a stenoendemic species from Thailand, is described and illustrated here. It differs from other similar species in Curcuma subgenus Hitcheniopsis in Thailand in its inflorescences composed of fertile green bracts only (lacking any white coma bracts), purple staminodes, and purple labellum with a bright yellow centre extending from the base to about two-thirds of the labellum towards the apex.

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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2017) 

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