Description
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Pseudostems tufted, 2--3 m. Ligule ovate, entire, 1--1.5 cm; petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade lanceolate, 50--60 × 7--5.5 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence a head borne on surface of ground (resembling a capitulum of Chrysanthemum Linnaeus); peduncle embedded in ground, short; bracts red, ovate, 2.5--3 × 2--3 cm; bracteoles tubular, ca. 2.7 cm × 7 mm. Flowers numerous, 6 opening together in a circle, red. Calyx 3.5--4 cm, apex 3-toothed. Corolla shorter than calyx. Labellum exserted from corolla, purple at center, yellow at margin, free part 2.5--3 cm, apex 2-cleft. Free part of filament ca. 5 mm; anther 6--8 mm. Ovary ca. 5 mm, pubescent. Style flat. Capsule turbinate, 2.5--3 cm, densely pubescent. Fl. Jun. 2 n = 48*.
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Distribution
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S Yunnan (Xishuangbanna Dai Zu Zizhizhou).
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Synonym
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Achasma yunnanense T. L. Wu & S. J. Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 40. 1978.
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Etlingera yunnanensis: Brief Summary
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Etlingera yunnanensis is a monocotyledonous plant species first described by Te Lin Wu and Sen Jen Chen, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera yunnanensis is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.
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