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Accession Data:

Globba pendula Roxb.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
  • Synonym(s): Globba expansa Wall. ex Horan.

  • Country of Origin: Assam to W. Malesia
  • Habitat: Understory of teak, Pterocarpus forest.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900188
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996225
  • Provenance:
    Rcvd as Globba expansa Wall.
    
    Kress# 96-5643
    Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Yin Yin Kyi
    Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Pyinmana Township
    26 miles west of Moeswe Forest Station.
    19.9286, 95.9769, 15 May 1996
    
    Shoots to 50 cm.  Leaves pale green, stem glaucous.  
    Inflor. terminal, scape and rachis green.  
    Flowers entirely orange.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3209 - ZING: Globba
    • Currently: active - new growth
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-22-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Species Vulnerable or Habitat Critically Threatened
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!

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: Assam / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Malaya / Sumatera

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  3. BGCI ThreatSearch. Last accessed on Friday, 28 June, 2019.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) (as Globba expansa) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

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

Images:

Globba pendula

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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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