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Issue: Vol. 494 No. 2: 6 April 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.2.7
Page range: 237–243
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

New records of Hedychium hookeri (Zingiberaceae) from China and Myanmar

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation & Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-510650, Guangzhou, China
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, CN-510225, Guangzhou, China
National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau of Huanglian Mountain, CN-662599, Lüchun, China
National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau of Huanglian Mountain, CN-662599, Lüchun, China
Hedychium densiflorum H. ellipticum H. longipedunculatum H. putaoense typification Pan-Himalaya Monocots

Abstract

Hedychium hookeri is newly recorded from China and Myanmar. A full description of the species, a colour plate showing diagnostic features of the species as well as some relevant taxonomic and nomenclatural notes and a detailed comparison of H. hookeri and its close relatives are provided. A lectoptype is designated for H. hookeri.