Abstract
Zingiber calcicola Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding, sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from a limestone area in south Yunnan, China is described and illustrated here. It belongs to Zingiber sect. Dymczewiczia due to the terminal inflorescence on the leafy shoot. The description, photographs, habitat, distribution, phenology and a comparison with the allied species are also provided.
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<p>Bai, L., Leong-Škorničková, J., Xia, N.H. & Ye, Y.S. (2016) Taxonomic studies on <em>Zingiber </em>(Zingiberaceae) in China III: <em>Z. ventricosum</em>, a new species from Yunnan, and notes on three closely related species. <em>Phytotaxa </em>261 (2): 101–120. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.1</p>
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<p>Beentje, H. (2012) <em>The Kew Plant Glossary, an illustrated dictionary of plant terms (revised edition)</em>. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Kew Publishing, 184 pp.</p>
<p>Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (1883) <em>Genera Plantarum</em>, vol. 3 (2). L. Reeve & Co. & Williams & Norgate, London, 811 pp.</p>
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<p>Leong-Škorničková, J., Bình, N.Q., Dăng, T.H., Šída, O., Rybková, R. & Vương, T.B. (2015) Nine new <em>Zingiber</em> species (Zingiberaceae) from Vietnam. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 219 (3): 201–220. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.219.3.1</p>
<p>Miller, P. (1754) <em>The Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 4</em>. vol 3. Printed for the author, London, 529 pp.</p>
<p>Newman, M.F. (2015) A new species of <em>Zingiber</em> (Zingiberaceae) from Lao P.D.R. <em>Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore</em> 67 (1): 123–127. https://doi.org/10.3850/S2382581215000137</p>
<p>Roxburgh, W. (1810) Descriptions of several of the Monandrous Plants of India, belonging to the natural order called Scitamineae by Linnaeus, Cannae by Jussieu, and Drimyrhizae by Ventenat. <em>Asiatic Researches</em> 11: 318–362.</p>
<p>Tanaka, N. & Aung, M.M. (2017) A new species of <em>Zingiber</em> (Sect. <em>Dymczewiczia</em>: Zingiberaceae) from northwestern Myanmar. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 316 (2): 195–199. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.316.2.9</p>
<p>Triboun, P. & Keeratikiet, K. (2016) <em>Zingiber sirindhorniae</em>, a remarkable new species in <em>Zingiber</em> section <em>Dymczewiczia</em> (Zingiberaceae) from Thailand. <em>The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal</em> 10 (1): 1–6.</p>
<p>Wang, C.M., Lin, Y.C. & Tseng, Y.H. (2020) <em>Zingiber chengii</em> (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Taiwan. <em>PhytoKeys</em> 139: 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.139.37294</p>
<p>Wu, T.L. & Larsen, K. (2000) Zingiberaceae. <em>In</em>: Wu, Z.Y. & Raven, P.H. (Eds.) <em>Flora of China</em>. vol. 24. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, pp. 322–377.</p>
<p>Ye, Y.S., Bai, L. & Xia, N.H. (2015) <em>Zingiber hainanense</em> (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Hainan, China. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 217 (1): 73–79. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.6</p>