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Collector Poulsen, A.D.
Number 2778
Collected with Firdaus & Sahir Tiburrung
Country Indonesia
Subpart Sulawesi
County  
Locality South Sulawesi Province. Trail from Karangan to Rantemario. Just below camp 5. Montane forest.
Coordinates 3° 24' 7.8'' S 120° 1' 5.5'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 2575
Maximum elevation (m) 2575
Start date 2009/01/30
End date 2009/01/30
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Alpinia sandsii R.M.Sm.
Determined by A.D. Poulsen & M.F. Newman (E)
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Terrestrial herb in dense clump. Leafy shoot to 1.25 m long. Sheath pale brown, dead. Ligule to 1 cm long, membranous, dehiscent. Petiole to 2 cm long. Lamina to 36 x 4 cm; margin finely undulating. Inflorescence terminal, erect, to 7.5 cm long. Bract, bracteole and calyx reddish brown. Corolla red(-dish brown). Labellum yellow. Stamen yellow. Matrial in spirit. DNA sampled.

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