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Accession Data:

Stachyphrynium spicatum (Roxb.) K.Schum.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China
  • Habitat: Understory of wet evergreen forest near stream.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900238
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#2001162
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 01-6894
    Kress, W. J., Thet Htun, Bordelon, M., Williams, K. J., Rehse, T.
    Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Thabeikyin Township
    Shwe-u-Daung National Park
    22.9936, 96.1422, 11 Jun 2001
    
    Shoots to 50 cm tall, leaves all green.  
    Inflorescence on basal shoot, bracts green.  
    Flowers white with pale yellow.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3206 - ZING:tbd
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 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: China South-Central / Bangladesh / India / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand

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) 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 Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:10 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Stachyphrynium spicatum

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= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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