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Issue: Vol. 192 No. 3: 14 January 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.192.3.4
Page range: 181–189
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 12

Curcuma arida and C. sahuynhensis, two new species from subgenus Ecomata (Zingiberaceae) from Vietnam

The Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569.
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR/MNHN Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Case postale 39, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France Herbarium VNM, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Trần Quốc Toản road, Dist. 3, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
Vietnam National Museum of Nature,Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoàng Quốc Việt Street, Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Curcuma pambrosima Curcuma vitellina Curcuma xanthella Ninh Thuận Province Núi Chúa National Park Quảng Ngãi Province

Abstract

Two new Curcuma species are described and illustrated from Vietnam. They are compared to their closest allies from subgenus Ecomata. Curcuma arida from Núi Chúa National Park, Ninh Thuận Province, is compared to Curcuma pambrosima and C. vitellina, while Curcuma sahuynhensis from Quảng Ngãi Province is compared to Curcuma xanthella.