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Globba L.

Genus

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae

Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping, slender. Pseudostems erect, usually to 1.5 m, leafy. Leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate; ligule entire; leaf blade oblong, elliptic, or lanceolate. Inflorescence terminal, a thyrse or raceme, often lax; bracts each subtending a cincinnus of flowers, or flowers replaced by bulblets; bracteoles free to base. Calyx campanulate or turbinate, apex obtusely 3-lobed. Corolla tube slender; lobes ovate or oblong, subequal, concave. Lateral staminodes petaloid. Labellum reflexed, adnate to filament to form a slender tube above lateral staminodes and corolla lobes. Filament long, curved; anther with or without appendages on each side. Ovary 1-loculed. Capsule globose or ellipsoid, apex irregularly dehiscent. Seeds small; aril white, lacerate.
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Leaf shoots slender, usually many-bladed. Inflorescence terminal, often lax; bracts each subtending a cincinnus of flowers or flowers replaced by bulbils; bracteoles open to base. Corolla tube slender; lobes sub-equal. Labellum connate to filament in a short tube above petaloid lateral staminodes, auriculate at base, the free part often bilobed. Filament long, slender, curved; anther small with (in Australia) 4 lateral appendages; crest absent. Ovary unilocular. Fruit a small capsule.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Globba world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

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WFO ID wfo-4000015752
COL ID 8VXW7
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INPN ID 628261
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Synonyms

Alpinia missionis Globba

Lower taxons

Globba aurea Globba annamensis Globba bicolor Globba bracteolata Globba fecunda Globba glandulosa Globba holttumii Globba koenigiana Globba macroclada Globba marantinoides Globba talangensis Globba unifolia Globba urophylla Globba ustulata Globba acehensis Globba bulbifera Globba hasseltii Globba multifolia Globba nawawii Globba propinqua Globba wardii Globba corneri Globba debilis Globba ectobolos Globba flavibracteata Globba radicalis Globba dubia Globba secunda Globba praecox Globba salarkhanii Globba alba Globba bracteata Globba finlaysoniana Globba macranthera Globba tembatensis Globba bracteosa Globba curtisii Globba x intermedia Globba mantiformis Globba parva Globba tricolor Globba wengeri Globba aurantiaca Globba spathulata Globba chekiangensis
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