CHR 591752 D – Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 591752 D
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
15 October 2007
Database record updated:
11 February 2024
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hedychium coccineum Sm.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2007-04-05 (Verbatim: 5-4-07)
Preferred name:
Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Himalayan like H. [Hedychium] gardnerianum but flowers are a different colour & leaves much narrower.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Bell Block, New Plymouth
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.027027 174.145506
Verbatim locality:
Bell Block near New Plymouth, Taranaki
Verbatim collector:
Catherine Law
Standardised collector:
Catherine Law
Verbatim date:
3-4-[20]07
Start date:
2007-04-03
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Taranaki Land District
Native lands:
Te Atiawa (Taranaki)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Grid:
2613586E 6237309N (WGS84 -39.062881 174.196285)
Notes:
Plant Register ID: 2006/394
Planted in Bell Block
Originated in Fiji?
Rhizomes look similar to wild Ginger
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to D
Supplementary remarks:
Pseudostems c. 1.5 m high purple proximally; rhizomes purple-flushed outside. Leaf sheaths with purple margins. Inflor. erect. Flowers spaced; bracts 2-2.5 cm long, elliptic, not overlapping. Perianth orange-red, 3-3.5 cm long; tubular portion > bracts. Lateral staminodes c. 2 cm long, narrow linear-oblanceolate. Labellum orange-red, exserted portion c. 2 cm long; lobes 2, 1-1.5 cm long, oblique. Filaments c. 6 cm long, similar colour. Style slightly > filaments.
W.R. Sykes, February 2007
W.R. Sykes, February 2007
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