Curcuma involucrata (King ex Baker) Škorničk., Taxon 64: 369 (2015) (syn: Kaempferia hainanensis Hayata; Kaempferia involucrata King ex Baker; Stahlianthus involucratus (King ex Baker) Craib ex Loes.);
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Darjiling to S. China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO;
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Zingiberaceae for identification?: 2 very high res. images.
The forest type is Moist deciduous Sal forests.
Maybe Stahlyanthes sp. wait for the leaves to come.
Is any species other than Stahlianthus involucratus (King ex Baker) Craib ex Loes. reported from India ?
Close to Curcuma involucrata (King ex Baker) Škorničk. ??
https://alchetron.com/Stahlianthus
I agree with the name.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration Flickr
Stahlianthus involucratus (King ex Baker) Craib ex Loes.: a new record to the flora of Mizoram, India: Ranbir Singh Rathi, Kanakasabhapathi Pradheep, Somnath Roy, Sanjeev Kumar Singh & Anup Kumar Misra– Journal of Threatened Taxa 26 March 2016 | 8(3): 8629–8631
