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Accession Data:

Phrynium imbricatum Roxb.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson
  • Synonym(s): Phrynium oliganthum Merr.

  • Country of Origin: E. India to Hainan
  • Habitat: Understory of wet evergreen forest, growing on limestone rocks

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900226
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000217
  • Provenance:
    Rcvd as Phrynium oliganthum Merr.
    
    Kress# 00-6800
    Kress, W. J., Prince, L. M., Xia, Y. M.
    China: Yunnan: Maguan
    Gu Ling Qing Reserve
    22.7311, 103.9975, 22 Nov 2000
    
    Shoots to 1.2 m, leaves green, spaced along stem.  Inflorescence terminal, short. Fruits green, bilobed.  Seeds white.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3204 - ZING:tbd
    • Currently: active - needs attention
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-26-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Marantaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Hainan / China Southeast / Bangladesh / India / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam

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. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) (as Phrynium oliganthum) 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 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:09 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Phrynium imbricatum

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