Two new species of Gingers (Zingiberaceae) from Myanmar

Authors: Gowda, Vinita DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.13.2670 Published: Jan. 1, 2012 Source: PhytoKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Curcuma · Topics: Ginger and Zingiberaceae research, Cambodian History and Society, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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Two new species of gingers (Zingiberaceae), Globba sherwoodiana W.J. Kress & V. Gowda sp. nov., and Curcuma arracanensis W.J. Kress & V. Gowda sp. nov., from Myanmar are described. The new species of Globba is currently only known in cultivation and is commonly grown and sold in markets in Myanmar. In contrast C. arracanensis has been collected from a single restricted region in the cloud forests of the Rakhine Yoma above the Bay of Bengal in western Myanmar. Three-locus DNA barcodes were generated as aids for the identification of the two new species.

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