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Collector Poulsen, A.D.
Number 2697
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Country Papua New Guinea
Subpart Morobe
County  
Locality Yalu village, 24 km NW of Lae, near R.Anun. Riverbank, garden area.
Coordinates 6° 33' 14'' S 146° 52' 3'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 100
Maximum elevation (m) 100
Start date 2008/04/05
End date 2008/04/05
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Pleuranthodium
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Field notes Terrestial herb in loose clump (> 20 cm between shoots). Leafy shoots to 4.2 m long. Sheath yellow-green. Ligule to 10 mm long. Lamina sessile, to 45 x 15 cm, ovate, slightly plicate. Inflorescence terminal, pendent, to 22 cm long. Rachis pale green. Ovary and calyx red. Corolla pale red. Labellum cream. Stamen cream, margin of thecae red. Vernacular name: asi (Yalu language). Material in spirit. DNA sampled.

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