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Accession Data:

Globba marantina L.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
  • Synonym(s): Globba barthei Gagnep.

  • Country of Origin: China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.)
  • Habitat: Understory of seasonally dry forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900184
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#2009047
  • Provenance:
    Rcvd as Globba barthei Gagnep.
    
    Kress# 09-8706
    Kress, W. J., Zhang, Li-Bing, Yang, Z. Y., Bordelon, M., Lopez, I.
    China: Yunnan: 
    50 km from Lancang City along road to Menglian
    12 Jul 2009
    
    Herb to 40 cm tall, leaves green.  
    Inflorescence pendent, bracts pale green, reflexed, 
    Flowers bright orange, labellum with core red spot, anthers with four appendaged.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3209 - ZING: Globba
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-06-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae
  • SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
  • Tribe: Globbeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / Bismarck Archipelago / New Guinea / Queensland /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  3. BGCI ThreatSearch. Last accessed on Friday, 28 June, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:18:39 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Globba marantina

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
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