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Thysanotus chinensis Benth.wfo-0000748881

Fl. Hongk.: 327. 1861; Steenis, Blumea 20: 433. 1972; Jessop in Fl. Males., ser. I, 9: 211. 1979; K.Larsen, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 23: 40. 1995; Chen Xinqi & M.N. Tamura in C.Y.Wu & P.H.Raven, Fl. China 24: 203. 2000. Fig. 1; Plate XII: 2.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Herb with short, stout rhizome and thin, fibrous roots. Leaves numerous, tufted, filiform, glabrous, 15–30 cm long. Peduncle as long as leaves, unbranched, terminated by an umbellate inflorescence with up to 10 blue flowers. Bracts membranous, lanceolate, 3–4 mm long. Pedicels 1–2 cm, articulated near base. Perianth segments entire, oblong, 7–8 by 1–2 mm, outer ones with scarious margin, inner ones with fringed margin. Stamens about half as long as perianth; outer anthers ca 1 mm, inner ones ca 2 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca 4 by 3 mm. Seeds globose, ca 1 mm in diam.

Thailand : EASTERN: Roi Et; PENINSULAR: Trang (Thung Khai).

Distribution : Widely distributed but disjunct from W and N Australia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Indonesia (Moluccas, Flores, Sulawesi), Vietnam, S China.

Ecology : In Thailand on wet, sandy, acid soil at low altitudes, elsewhere also at higher, in E Malesia up to 1,600 m alt.