Thursday, April 7, 2022

[Botany • 2021] Zingiber calcicola (Zingiberaceae, sect. Dymczewiczia) • A New Species from A Limestone Area in south Yunnan, China


Zingiber calcicola Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding,

in Ding, Quan, Zeng, ... et Tan, 2021. 

Abstract
Zingiber calcicola Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding, sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from a limestone area in south Yunnan, China is described and illustrated here. It belongs to Zingiber sect. Dymczewiczia due to the terminal inflorescence on the leafy shoot. The description, photographs, habitat, distribution, phenology and a comparison with the allied species are also provided.

Keywords: Section Dymczewiczia, Terminal inflorescence, Zingiber, Taxonomy, Monocots



Zingiber calcicola Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding, sp. nov. 
 (sect. Dymczewiczia)



Hong-Bo Ding, Dong-Li Quan, Xiao-Dong Zeng, Jian-Wu Li and Yun-Hong Tan. 2021. Zingiber calcicola (Zingiberaceae), A New Species from A Limestone Area in south Yunnan, China.  Phytotaxa. 525(1); 65-69. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.525.1.8

Critically endangered ginger species found in limestone area of Xishuangbanna