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Accession Data:

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C.Mikan

  • Common Name: Blue Ginger
  • Family: Commelinaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: E. & S. Brazil

  • Description: thyrse
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500285
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1318 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 12-04-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Commelinales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Commelinaceae
  • SubFamily: Commelinoideae
  • Tribe: Tradescantieae
  • SubTribe: Dichorisandrinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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2021
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. (accessed 16 December 2013).
  2. WCSP (2013). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

data regenerated on Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:36:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Commelinaceae

Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae

  • Dichorisandrinae: Cochliostema odoratissimum
  • Dichorisandrinae: Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
  • Palisotinae: Palisota barteri
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia fragrans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia gentlei var. elegans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia navicularis
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia warszewicziana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis W/C
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia sillamontana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia spathacea
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia x Andersoniana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina
  • Tradescantiinae: Tripogandra multiflora
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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