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Collector Takeuchi, W.
Number 10869
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Country Papua New Guinea
Subpart Madang
County  
Locality Bismarck Range, downstream from camp 3, on banks or slopes above the Kalne River; hill forest.
Coordinates 5° 31.765999999999998' 144° 49.091000000000001'
Minimum elevation (m) 1550
Maximum elevation (m) 1550
Start date 1995/10/17
End date 1995/10/18
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Alpinia werneri Lauterb. ex Valeton
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Field notes Collection sequence 10869-10938; large terrestial herb; leaves papyraceous, adaxial surface dark green, abaxially medium green and essentially glabrous; ligule 7 cm long, shaggy; inflorescence terminal, manifestly paniculate, robust; calyx red, persisting ión the fruit; dorsal corolla lobe hollow-cucullate; labellum erect, oblong, the summit notched and laxly pilose; filament connate, about as long as the anthers, 2 lateral teeth near the top; style gradually expanded below the apex; stigma dilate, concavity ventral; fruits subglobose, epicarp red.

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