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25. Globba hilaris Sangvir.wfo-1000022702

Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 48(2): 223. 2020.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Herb 15–60 cm tall. Leaf sheaths dark red, ca 3 bladeless, sparsely puberulent, to 1 cm diam.; ligule bilobed, ca 3 mm long; blades 5–9, elliptic, 5–22 by 2–6 cm, puberulent and usually dark red below, base cuneate, apex acuminate; sessile. Inflorescence pendent, compact, conical, 2–5.5 by 1.5–2.5 cm; peduncle to 1 cm beyond leaf sheaths, pale green; rachis pale green or white, densely pubescent; bracts persistent, patent, ovate to elliptic, 1–2 by 0.5–1.2 cm, greenish white, apex mucronate; cincinni short, to 5 mm long; bracteoles elliptic, ca 8 by 3 mm, white, apex acuminate. Flower ca 3 cm long; ovary ellipsoid, ca 2 by 1 mm, white; calyx funnel-shaped, ca 6 mm long, narrow, with 3 ribs ending in calyx lobes, white; floral tube ca 1 cm long, pale orange, hairy, dorsal corolla lobe hooded, elliptic, ca 4 by 1.5 mm, pale orange, apex shortly mucronate, lateral corolla lobes hooded, elliptic, ca 3 by 1 mm, pale orange, apex acute; lateral staminodes oblong to slightly curved, ca 7 by 2 mm, orange, apex acute; labellum obtriangular, ca 8 by 5 mm, orange with red spot, base truncate, apex bilobed, lobes acute; nectar tube ca 4 mm long; stamen: filament ca 2.5 cm long, pale orange; anther elliptic, ca 2 by 1.2 mm, connective tissue orange, semitransparent, appendages 4, semitransparent, triangular, ca 3 by 1 mm, orange, apex acuminate. Fruit globose, ca 8 mm diam., white, verrucose; seeds not seen. Bulbils ovoid, ca 7 by 5 mm, in axils of lower bracts, corky.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Nan (Bo Kluea, Doi Phu Kha); NORTH-EASTERN: Phetchabun (Nam Nao – type: Newman et al. 2629, holotype -BKF, isotypes -E QBG SING), Udon Thani (Non Sang); EASTERN: Chaiyaphum (Phu Khiao, Thung Lui Lai), Nakhon Ratchasima (Khao Yai); CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Bo Thong), Chanthaburi (Khao Soi Dao, Hin Dat).

Distribution : Cambodia, Laos.

Ecology : Deciduous forests, in shade or near streams, 40–850 m alt.

Vernacular : Khao phansa cho khao (เข้าพรรษาช่อขาว).