泰國北部一新種薑科植物

A New Species of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) from Northern Thailand

本文報導採自泰國北部烏達臘迪省（Uttaradit）普邁（Phu Miang）地區的一種薑科薑屬新的植物：普邁薑（Zingiber phumiangense A. Chaveerach & P. Mokkamul），本種以葉片橢圓-長橢圓形、苞片綠色且具半透明及纖毛的邊緣、萼片筒先端三裂、花藥基部癒合及子房光滑無毛等特徵可和其相近種Z. neotruncatum Wu, Larsen & Turland區別。文中包括分類描述及繪圖。

A new species of the genus Zingiber Miller (Zingiberaceae), Zingiber phumiangense A. Chaveerach & P. Mokkamul from Phu Miang, Uttaradit Province in the northern Thailand, is described and illustrated. It’s closely related to Z. neotruncatum Wu, Larsen & Turland, but differs in several characters. The important different characters are leaf blades elliptic-oblong, bracts green with margin usually translucent and ciliate, calyx tube apex trilobed, anther basifixed, ovary glabrous.