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A STRIKING NEW EPIPHYTIC HEDYCHIUM (ZINGIBERACEAE) FROM MYANMAR WITH A DISCUSSION ON SOME ANOMALOUS RELATED GENERA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2003

K. J. WILLIAMS ,
W. J. KRESS  and
THET HTUN
K. J. WILLIAMS
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
W. J. KRESS
Affiliation:
Department of Systematic Biology – Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0166, USA
THET HTUN
Affiliation:
Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, West Gyogone, Insein, Yangon, Union of Myanmar
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Abstract

Hedychium bordelonianum W.J. Kress & K.J. Williams (Zingiberaceae) is described and illustrated. Several characters make this species one of the most unusual in the genus; however, molecular phylogenetic data place it unequivocally in Hedychium. The similarities and relationships of this species to the anomalous taxa Nanochilus, Rhynchanthus, Stadiochilus, and Hedychium (Brachychilum) horsfieldii are discussed.

Keywords

BurmaHedychieaenew species
Type
Research Article
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 43 - 48
Copyright
2003, Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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