Hedychium putaoense (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Putao, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar

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Keywords: Hedychium · Topics: Ginger and Zingiberaceae research, Piperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies

Hedychium putaoense Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding, a new species of Zingiberaceae from Putao, Kachin state, Northern Myanmar, is described and illustrated. It is similar to H. densiflorum Wall. and H. longipedunculatum A.R.K. Sastry & D.M. Verma, but differs by its very small bract (4–6 × 2.5–3 mm vs. 18–19 × 5–5.5 mm and ca. 11 × 7 mm, respectively), semicircle and dark red bracteole, orange flower and broadly falcate to lanceolate lateral staminodes.

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