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SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)

Plants on this page are acquisitions generously shared with UConn by John Kress, Senior Research Botanist and Curator Emeritus of Botany at the Smithsonian. These plants were acquired primarily during the summer of 2019. They are mostly, but not exclusively, representative of the Zingiberales.

The EEB Greenhouses also house additional specimens from the Kress collection, but they are part of active research programs and are not included in the publicly accessible general collections at this time.

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158 Accessions:

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{1} Costus afer - Costaceae
{1} Costus scaber - Indan Head Ginger - Costaceae
{1} Marantochloa conferta - Marantochloa conferta - Marantaceae
{1} Marantochloa purpurea - Marantochloa purpurea - Marantaceae
{1} Thaumatococcus daniellii - African Serendipity Berry - Marantaceae
{2} Aframomum melegueta - Grains of Paradise - Zingiberaceae W/C
{2} Costus pictus - Insulin Plant - Costaceae
{2} Hypselodelphys hirsuta - Marantaceae
{2} Megaphrynium macrostachyum - Marantaceae
{2} Pleiostachya pruinosa - Marantaceae
{3} Costus phaeotrichus - Costaceae W/C
{4} Calathea aff. micans - Marantaceae
{4} Calathea lancifolia - Rattlesnake Plant - Marantaceae
{4} Costus tappenbeckianus - Costaceae
{5} Ravenala madagascariensis - Traveller's Palm - Strelitziaceae W/C
{6} Costus lateriflorus - Costaceae
{7} Tupistra kressii - Asparagaceae W/C
{7} Tupistra urceolata - Asparagaceae W/C
{8} Etlingera sp. - Zingiberaceae W/C
{9} Alpinia boninsimensis - Zingiberaceae
{9} Alpinia malaccensis - Rathkihiriya - Zingiberaceae W/C
{9} Alpinia nigra - Zingiberaceae W/C
{10} Zingiber roseum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{11} Larsenianthus careyanus - Praying Mantis Ginger - Zingiberaceae
{12} Orchidantha chinensis - Lowiaceae W/C
{12} Orchidantha chinensis - Lowiaceae
{12} Orchidantha fimbriata - Lowiaceae W/C
{12} Orchidantha siamensis - Lowiaceae W/C
{12} Siamanthus siliquosus - Zingiberaceae W/C
{13} Alpinia kwangsiensis - Zingiberaceae
{13} Hedychium longicornutum - Hornbill Ginger - Zingiberaceae W/C
{14} Elettariopsis smithiae - Elettariopsis smithiae - Zingiberaceae W/C
{15} Alpinia latilabris - Alpinia latilabris - Zingiberaceae
{15} Stachyphrynium sp. - Stachyphrynium - Marantaceae W/C
{16} Alpinia maclurei - Zingiberaceae
{16} Alpinia oblongifolia - Zingiberaceae
{16} Alpinia roxburghii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{16} Globba curtisii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{16} Globba unifolia - Zingiberaceae
{16} Haniffia albiflora - Zingiberaceae
{17} Costus tonkinensis - Costaceae
{18} Alpinia elegans - Zingiberaceae
{19} Donax canniformis - Marantaceae W/C
{19} Pleuranthodium schlechteri - Zingiberaceae
{20} Cheilocostus speciosus - Costaceae W/C
{21} Dimerocostus strobilaceus - Costaceae
{21} Maranta cristata - Marantaceae W/C
{22} Calathea variegata - Marantaceae W/C
{22} Maranta arundinacea - Arrowroot - Marantaceae W/C
{23} Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican - Dwarf Jamaican Heliconia - Heliconiaceae
{24} Costus aff. guanaiensis - Costaceae
{24} Costus vinosus - Costaceae W/C
{25} Costus lasius - Costaceae
{25} Costus productus - Costaceae
{26} Calathea metallica - Calathea metallica - Marantaceae
{26} Canna indica - Cannaceae W/C
{26} Saranthe sp. - Marantaceae
{26} Stromanthe thalia - Marantaceae
{27} Canna liliiflora - Lily Flowered Canna - Cannaceae
{27} Canna tuerckheimii - Canna tuerckheimii - Cannaceae W/C
{27} Costus vargasii - Costaceae
{28} Costus malortieanus - Step-ladder Costus - Costaceae
{28} Curcuma attenuata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{28} Indianthus virgatus - White Indianthus - Marantaceae
{28} Phrynium imbricatum - Marantaceae W/C
{28} Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - Marantaceae
{28} Stachyphrynium spicatum - Marantaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma aeruginosa - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma aff. elata - Zingiberaceae
{29} Curcuma attenuta aff. - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma colorata - Zingiberaceae
{29} Curcuma comosa - Zingiberaceae
{29} Curcuma heyneana - Zingiberaceae
{29} Curcuma longa - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma longa - Zingiberaceae
{29} Curcuma petiolata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma petiolata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma rubrobracteata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma singularis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Curcuma viridiflora - Zingiberaceae W/C
{29} Smithatris myanmarensis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{30} Aframomum angustifolium - Guinea Grains - Zingiberaceae W/C
{30} Amomum petaloideum - Zingiberaceae
{30} Curcuma phaeocaulis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{30} Heliconia acuminata - Heliconiaceae
{30} Heliconia pendula - Heliconiaceae
{30} Heliconia psittacorum - Heliconiaceae
{30} Heliconia psittacorum Kaleidoscope - Heliconiaceae
{30} Siliquamomum tonkinense - Zingiberaceae W/C
{30} Stachyphrynium latifolium - Marantaceae W/C
{30} Wurfbainia testacea - Zingiberaceae
{31} Zingiber aff. roseum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber apiculata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber flavovirens - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber fragile - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber ligulatum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber longibracteatum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber longiligulatum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber montanum - Meitlein - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber montanum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber neesanum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber rubens - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber thorelii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{31} Zingiber zerumbet - Bitter Ginger - Zingiberaceae
{32} Boesenbergia kingii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{32} Boesenbergia longiflora - Zingiberaceae W/C
{32} Boesenbergia maxwellii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{32} Boesenbergia pulcherrima - Zingiberaceae W/C
{32} Boesenbergia rotunda - Fingerroot - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Costus spectabilis - Costaceae
{33} Gagnepainia thoreliana - Zingiberaceae
{33} Globba annamensis - Zingiberaceae
{33} Globba arracanensis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba kerrii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba marantina - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba marantina - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba orixensis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba pendula - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba pendula - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba radicalis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Globba schomburgkii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Hedychium ellipticum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Kaempferia gilbertii - Zingiberaceae
{33} Kaempferia parviflora - Zingiberaceae
{33} Kaempferia rotunda - Zingiberaceae W/C
{33} Kaempferia sp. Hieroglyphics - Zingiberaceae
{33} Stahlianthus involucratus - Zingiberaceae
{33} Stahlianthus involucratus - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Alpinia pumila - Zingiberaceae
{34} Boesenbergia albomaculata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Costus allenii - Costaceae
{34} Costus asplundii - Costaceae
{34} Costus bracteatus - Costaceae
{34} Costus chartaceus - Costaceae W/C
{34} Elettariopsis aff. curtisii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Globba multiflora - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Globba patens - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Rhynchanthus longiflorus - Stone Ginger - Zingiberaceae
{34} Zingiber corallinum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Zingiber ottensii - Zingiber ottensii - Zingiberaceae
{34} Zingiber sulphureum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{34} Zingiber wrayi - Zingiberaceae
{35} Hedychium coccineum - Zingiberaceae W/C
{35} Hedychium yungjiangense - Zingiberaceae W/C
{35} Hedychium yunnanense - Zingiberaceae W/C
{35} Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis - Zingiberaceae W/C
{35} Rhynchanthus beesianus - Zingiberaceae W/C
{35} Scaphochlamys kunstleri - Zingiberaceae
{36} Alpinia galanga - Greater Galangal - Zingiberaceae W/C
{36} Alpinia rugosa - Zingiberaceae
{36} Distichochlamys rubrostriata - Zingiberaceae W/C
{36} Hedychium aff. flavescens - Zingiberaceae
{36} Hedychium forrestii - Zingiberaceae W/C
{36} Hedychium muluense - Zingiberaceae
{36} Hedychium rubrum - Zingiberaceae
{36} Hedychium thyrsiforme - Zingiberaceae
{37} Musa laterita - Indian Dwarf Banana - Musaceae W/C
{37} Musa nagensium - Musaceae W/C

W/C = Wild Collected

= Currently Flowering

= Image(s) Available

= map available for this accession

= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession

= accession added within past 90 days

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SPECIAL COLLECTION: Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)

158 Accessions:

SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)