Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S. Ly, A Newly Recorded Species of Zingiberaceae from China

Abstract:

Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S. Ly, a newly recorded species of Zingiberaceae from China was discovered and reported here. It can be distinguished from the other species of Boesenbergia by the greenish and abaxially glaucous leaves, the terminal inflorescence, the flowers alternately 2-ranked and facing one way, the broadly obovate labellum, centrally with deep red band at the base, apical purple-red patch in the middle. Chinese descriptions, colour plates of the newly recorded species and a key to the species of Boesenbergia in China were provided in this paper.