WorldFloraDB - Etlingera

Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping. Pseudostems robust. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, large. Inflorescence arising from rhizomes, a spike or head with flowers arranged in 3 or 4 concentric circles on a flat receptacle, base surrounded by numerous sterile, involucral bracts; peduncle raised well above ground and long, or embedded in ground and short; bracts 1-flowered; bracteoles long tubular. Calyx tubular, membranous, split on 1 side, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube equaling or longer than calyx; lobes 3, much shorter than tube. Lateral staminodes absent. Labellum tongue-shaped, ± 3-lobed, much longer than corolla lobes, base adnate to filament forming a distinct tube; central lobe colored, apex entire or 2-lobed; lateral lobes basally folded over stamen. Stamen shorter than labellum; free part of filament very short and rather broad; anther bent forward; connective appendage absent. Ovary 3-loculed; ovules numerous per locule. Capsule fleshy, indehiscent, smooth, longitudinally ridged, or with obtuse warts in rows.

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Leaf shoots many-bladed. Inflorescence borne separately from leaves on long or short peduncles, surrounded by sterile bracts; fertile bracts free, each subtending a single flower; bracteoles tubular. Corolla tube often long and slender; lobes usually ±equal. Labellum 3-lobed or (not in Australia) entire, lower part joined to filament and forming a conspicuous tube above insertion of petals; free part of labellum with an elongated mid-lobe. Lateral staminodes absent. Filament with very short free part; anther crested or not. Ovary trilocular. Fruit ?indehiscent.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	-
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	-
Root system	rhizome
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Light	-
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Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Images

Etlingera unspecified picture

Distribution

Etlingera world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Dominica, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Mauritius, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, United States of America, Viet Nam, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID	-
WFO ID	wfo-4000014072
COL ID	8VXHY
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	446553
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Etlingera Hornstedtia Phaeomeria

Lower taxons

Etlingera araneosa Etlingera belalongensis Etlingera brachychila Etlingera bromeliopsis Etlingera calycina Etlingera cevuga Etlingera coccinea Etlingera corneri Etlingera corrugata Etlingera crispata Etlingera densiuscula Etlingera harmandii Etlingera heliconiifolia Etlingera heyniana Etlingera latifolia Etlingera loerzingii Etlingera longipetiolata Etlingera peekelii Etlingera philippinensis Etlingera sericea Etlingera yunnanensis Etlingera angustifolia Etlingera apus-hang Etlingera baramensis Etlingera dalican Etlingera dekockii Etlingera fimbriobracteata Etlingera foetens Etlingera fulgens Etlingera goliathensis Etlingera gracilis Etlingera grandiflora Etlingera inundata Etlingera labellosa Etlingera linguiformis Etlingera loroglossa Etlingera metriocheilos Etlingera nasuta Etlingera newmanii Etlingera pauciflora Etlingera polyantha Etlingera polycarpa Etlingera pubescens Etlingera pyramidosphaera Etlingera sessilanthera Etlingera australasica Etlingera brevilabrum Etlingera grandiligulata Etlingera hemisphaerica Etlingera pandanicarpa Etlingera pavieana Etlingera punicea Etlingera purpurea Etlingera rubromarginata Etlingera solaris Etlingera sorsogonensis Etlingera subterranea Etlingera vestita Etlingera balikpapanensis Etlingera barioensis Etlingera megalocheilos Etlingera albolutea Etlingera amomoides Etlingera aurantia Etlingera baculutea Etlingera burttii Etlingera dictyota Etlingera facifera Etlingera insolita Etlingera lagarophylla Etlingera muriformis Etlingera otiolophos Etlingera palangkensis Etlingera rosamariae Etlingera sayapensis Etlingera isip Etlingera fenzlii Etlingera poulsenii Etlingera frederikii Etlingera pilosa Etlingera yessiae Etlingera flexuosa Etlingera grallata Etlingera hyalina Etlingera mendumiae Etlingera mucida Etlingera mucronata Etlingera orophila Etlingera urophylla Etlingera acanthodes Etlingera aculeatissima Etlingera alba Etlingera aulocheilos Etlingera bicolor Etlingera biloba Etlingera borealis Etlingera bullata Etlingera calobates Etlingera calophrys Etlingera canarina Etlingera caudata Etlingera chlorodonta Etlingera chrysantha Etlingera cylindrica Etlingera doliiformis Etlingera eburnea Etlingera echinulata Etlingera elliptica Etlingera pausodipsus Etlingera penicillata Etlingera rubroloba Etlingera sarasinorum Etlingera serrata Etlingera spinulosa Etlingera stenophylla Etlingera steringophora Etlingera sublimata Etlingera translucens Etlingera tubilabrum Etlingera xanthantha Etlingera elegans Etlingera flavovirens Etlingera orbiculata Etlingera kenyalang Etlingera caudiculata Etlingera diepenhorstii Etlingera longipetala Etlingera minor Etlingera moluccana Etlingera velutina Etlingera littoralis Etlingera longifolia Etlingera maingayi Etlingera subulicalyx Etlingera sulfurea Etlingera triorgyalis Etlingera valida Etlingera venusta Etlingera versteegii Etlingera walang Etlingera xanthoparyphe Etlingera elatior