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| Kaempferia grandis Noppornch. in Nopporncharoenkul et Limtaropas, 2025. เปราะยักษ์เขียว || facebook.com/iSIRBOOM |
Kaempferia grandis Noppornch., a new species belonging to subgen. Kaempferia and endemic to Kanchanaburi Province, southwestern Thailand, is described and illustrated. It can be easily recognised by its 1–4 leafy shoots on each rhizome; the leafy shoots being adpressed to the substrate and consisting of a solitary leaf and inflorescence; broadly ovate to suborbicular leaf blade, which is the largest of any species in subgen. Kaempferia; and the inflorescence being enclosed by a leaf sheath and a bladeless sheath. Detailed photographs of plants and dissected flowers as well as information on phenology, distribution and habitat are provided, as well as an identification key to the species of Kaempferia subgen. Kaempferia in Thailand.
𝐾𝑎𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠 Noppornch.
เปราะยักษ์เขียว
Nattapon Nopporncharoenkul and Chanon Limtaropas. 2025. Kaempferia grandis (Zingiberaceae), A New Species from Thailand. Ann. Bot. Fennici. 62: 307–314.
