CURCUMA PRASINA (ZINGIBERACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THAILAND

Authors

  • J. Leong-Škorničková
  • D.J. Middleton
  • P. Triboun Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research
  • S. Suddee

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428617000117

Keywords:

Curcuma gracillima , Curcuma larsenii , Curcuma parviflora , Curcuma pygmaea , Curcuma subg. Hitcheniopsis , Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary

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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Published

2017-04-10

Issue

Vol. 74 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Original Research Articles

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