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A Reconsideration of Brachychilum Petersen (Hedychieae: Zingiberaceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2010

Mark Newman
Mark Newman
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c/o Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
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Abstract

The morphological difference between the monospecific genus Brachychilum and Hedychium is bridged by the recently described Hedychium muluense R. M. Smith. Cytological studies reported here show that at least one stock of B. horsfieldii (Wall.) O. Petersen shares the same basic chromosome number and morphology with Hedychium. The genus Brachychilum should therefore be placed in synonymy with Hedychium, and B. horsfieldii should revert to Hedychium horsfieldii [R. Brown ex] Wall.

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 83 - 87
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1990

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