Monday, September 23, 2019

[Botany • 2019] Curcuma putii (Zingiberaceae) ช่อหยก • A New Species from central Thailand


Curcuma putii Maknoi & Jenjitt.

in Maknoi, Ruchisansakun & Jenjittikul, 2019.

Curcuma putii Maknoi & Jenjitt., a new species from central Thailand, is described here. This species is similar to C. ecomata, a species in Curcuma subg. Ecomatae, but differs from it by having yellow staminodes, whitish-green or pale-green bract, and 15–40 cm long peduncle.

Charun Maknoi, Saroj Ruchisansakun and Thaya Jenjittikul. 2019. Curcuma putii (Zingiberaceae), A New Species from Thailand. Annales Botanici Fennici. 56; 351-353.