Collection Number | D. Boufford 44117 |
Collectors | David E. Boufford, Sharon Christoph, Chris Davidson, Xin-Han HUANG & Zhuo ZHOU |
Identified By | D. Boufford (GH) |
Source | C. Davidson |
Date | 30 April 2018 |
Country | China |
province/SAR | Yunnan |
prefecture-level | Malipo Xian. |
Location | Wenshan Zhuangzu-Miaozu-Zizhizhou. Southwest of the city of Malipo and almost exactly midway in a straight line between Nanwenhe-Xiang and Dulong-zhen, near Baishapo, along a tributary of the Tanshan-he (Tanshan River); ca. 10.4 km north of the border with Vietnam. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Lauraceae and Fagaceae dominant, with several species of Acer and shrubby understory with abundant colonies of Alpinia. 1250-1350 m. |
Lat/Long | N 22 56 32 E 104 35 40 |
Note | Moist forest floor on flat area above stream. Colonial; rhizomes with ginger-like odor; calyx tube outside dark or pale purple with darker purple longitudinal lines, inside dark purple with irregular white band just below lobes, lobes white except at purple base. |