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TABLE 1 in Globba praetermissa (Zingiberaceae), a new species of G. sect. Globba from Yunnan, China

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation & Sustainable Utilisation, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China & College of Life Sciences, Gannan Normal University, 341000, Ganzhou, People's Republic of China & jinjiayi @ scbg. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7631 - 532 X
  • 2. School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture Beijing, 100083, Beijing, People's Republic of China & wangyihui @ bjfu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7186 - 7814
  • 3. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation & Sustainable Utilisation, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China & nhxia @ scbg. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9852 - 7393
  • 4. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation & Sustainable Utilisation, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China & bailin @ scbg. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8464 - 8688

Description

TABLE 1. Morphological comparison of Globba praetermissa, G. purpurascens and G. marantina.

G. praetermissaG. purpurascensG. marantina
Stem length60–90 cm30–40 cm30–60 cm
Color of leaf sheathsgreen, lower ones somewhat purplepurplegreen, lower ones somewhat purple
Leaf petiolenearly absent at lower leaves, slightly elongated to 5 mm on upper leavesabsentca 6–10 mm long.
Indumentum of abaxial surface of laminaepubescentpubescentpuberulent
Inflorescencelax, pendent, 5–12 cm long, peduncle 1–1.5 cm long beyond leaf sheathslax, pendent, 4–5 cm long, peduncle 3–4 mm long beyond leaf sheathsdense, erect, 6 cm long, peduncle is surrounded by bracts and leaf sheaths
Bractsreflexed, ovate, pale green, pubescent on both sides, densely ciliateheld at ca 90° to rachis, lanceolate, green with purple tinge, pubescent on both sides, densely ciliateenclosing the inflorescence, ovate, green, puberulent on both sides, sparsely ciliate
Cincinnistraight, rachilla up to 4 cm long, peduncle of cincinni 8–12 mmstraight, rachilla 1.5–2 cm long, peduncle of cincinni 6–7 mmarched, rachilla ca 2 cm long, peduncle of cincinni 4 mm
Bracteolesconduplicate alone their keels, forming an equitant structureconduplicate alone their keels, forming an equitant structurenot conduplicate, with the base clasping the above remaining part of cincinni and upper part leaning towards flowers
Size of lowermost bractca 35 × 15 mm12–20 × 3–5 mm25–30 × 10–15 mm
Ovarypubescent, smoothpubescent, verrucosepubescent, later verrucose
Lateral staminodes lengthnearly the same as lateral corolla lobenearly the same as lateral corolla lobeca 1/2 longer than lateral corolla lobe
Calyxca 5 mm longca 3 mm longca 5 mm long
Pedicelfully enclosed by bracteolenot fully enclosed by bracteolefully enclosed by bracteole
Appendagessix, including a smaller appendage between the two larger appendages on each side, distal pairs being similar to proximal in sizefour, distal pairs being broader than proximal at basefour, distal pairs being broader than proximal at base
Chromosome numbers2n=48 (Li & Chen 2008)2n=32 (Larsen 1972)2n=80 (Lim 1972b)

Notes

Published as part of Jin, Jia Yi, Wang, Yi Hui, Xia, Nian He & Bai, Lin, 2023, Globba praetermissa (Zingiberaceae), a new species of G. sect. Globba from Yunnan, China, pp. 179 in Phytotaxa 598 (2) on page 179, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.598.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7961147

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References

  • Larsen, K. (1972) Studies in the genus Globba in Thailand. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 40: 229 - 242.
  • Lim, S. N. (1972 b) Cytogenetics and taxonomy of the genus Globba L. (Zingiberaceae) in Malaya II: cytogenetics. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 31: 271 - 285.