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Hedychiumziroense (Zingiberaceae), a new species of ginger lily from Northeast India.

ABSTRACT: We describe Hedychiumziroense sp. nov. from Northeast India (NE India) which was discovered during one of our recent botanical explorations in Arunachal Pradesh. We provide detailed morphological comparison of this species with four other Hedychium species (H.griersonianum R.M.Sm., H.ellipticum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., H.gomezianum Wall. and H.yunnanense Gagnep.), with which it shares some morphological similarities. The new species is characterised by a dense cylindrical spike, pubescent rachis, folded bracts, 2-3 flowers per cincinnus, deeply cleft labellum and a distinctive late monsoonal flowering phenology from August to September.

SUBMITTER: Ashokan A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6374353 | biostudies-literature | 2019

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Hedychiumziroense (Zingiberaceae), a new species of ginger lily from Northeast India.

Ashokan Ajith A Gowda Vinita V

PhytoKeys 20190206 117

We describe Hedychiumziroense sp. nov. from Northeast India (NE India) which was discovered during one of our recent botanical explorations in Arunachal Pradesh. We provide detailed morphological comparison of this species with four other Hedychium species (H.griersonianum R.M.Sm., H.ellipticum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., H.gomezianum Wall. and H.yunnanense Gagnep.), with which it shares some morphological similarities. The new species is characterised by ...[more]

PMID: 30783381

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