A new species of Globba under Sect. haplanthera (Zingiberaceae) from Myanmar

Authors

  • Myo Min Latt University of Forestry and Environmental Science, Yezin, National Unity Government of Myanmar
  • Min Khant Naing Biodiversity Research Center, Hpa An, Kayin State, Myanmar
  • Ritesh Kumar Choudhary Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune, India
  • Joongku Lee Department of Environment and Forest Resources, College of Agricultural Life Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v31i2.78748

Keywords:

Zingiberaceae; New taxon; Myanmar, Zwegabin Mountain.

Abstract

Globba zwegabinensis sp. nov., under sect. Haplanthera (Zingiberaceae) is newly described and illustrated from the Zwegabin Mountain of Kayin State in southern Myanmar. G. zwegabinensis is morphologically allied to G. sessiliflora and G. lithophila but differs in having the leaves with a foetid smell, glabrous blade, completely yellow filament, glabrous ovary, larger cuneiform labellum with bifid apex, glabrous and oblong to ovate fruit, lack of bulbils and anther appendages. A description and photographic data, along with the comparative characteristics of the closely allied species, are provided.

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 31(2): 197-203, 2024 (December)

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2024-12-29

How to Cite

Latt, M. M., Naing, M. K., Choudhary , R. K., & Lee , J. (2024). A new species of Globba under Sect. haplanthera (Zingiberaceae) from Myanmar. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 31(2), 197–203. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v31i2.78748

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2024)

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