Globba macrochila Sangvir. & M. F. Newman, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Sangvirotjanapat, Sunisa
name: Denduangboriphant, Jessada
name: Newman, Mark F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Zingiberales
Zingiberaceae
Globba
Globba macrochila

description: Globba macrochila Sangvir. & M.F.Newman sp. nov.
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Figs 2F, 6, 13–14
Diagnosis
Similar to G. flagellaris in its bright orange flowers, but differing by its much longer labellum, 19– 20 mm long (vs short labellum, 10–12 mm long) and growing in dry areas (vs moist areas).
Etymology
Greek, ‘ macros ’ (large) and ‘- chila ’ (-lipped), referring to its long labellum.
Type material
Holotype THAILAND • Kanchanaburi, Sai Yok; 30 Jul. 1928; Put 1779 leg.; BK.
Isotypes THAILAND • Same data as for the holotype; C, K, P.
Other material examined
MAYNMAR – Mawlamyine • Kyauk Ta Lon Pagoda, 13½ miles from Moulmein on Ye road; 21 Jul. 1958; H.S. McKee 6319 leg.; K.
THAILAND – Kanchanaburi • Erawan National Park; 1 Jul. 1974; K. Larsen and S.S. Larsen 33956 leg.; AAU, BKF, K, P; Erawan National Park; 11 Jul. 1978; C. Phengklai, M. Tamura, C. Niyomdham and B. Sangkhachand 4286 leg.; BKF • Kin Sayok [Sai Yok?], ca 120 km NW of Kanchanaburi; 10 Jul. 1946; A.J.G.H. Kostermans 1050 leg.; A, P, US • Khao Tha Takua, “Ta Taklua”; 25 Jun. 1925; Put 20 leg.; BK, C, K • Sai Yok; 30 Jul. 1928; A. Marcan 2341 leg.; K • Sai Yok; 1 Jul. 1963; K. Larsen 10410 leg.; AAU, BKF • Sai Yok, Thung Kang Yang; 5 Jul. 1963; K. Larsen 10525 leg.; AAU • Thong Pha Phum, Ban Prang Kasi; 19 Jun. 1946; G.D. Hoed and A.J.G.H. Kostermans 665 leg.; A, K, P • Thong Pha Phum; 4 Jul. 1973; J.F. Maxwell 73–108 leg.; AAU. – Lamphun • Li, Mae Ping National Park, Ko Luang Waterfall; 9 Sep. 2009; D.J. Middleton and P. Triboun 4818 leg.; E, QBG. – Non wild collected material • Kanchanaburi, Sai Yok; 24 Jun. 2014; Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden acc. no. 20161700A, vouchered as ‘S. Sangvirotjanapat 795’; QBG.
Description
Herb, 25–60 cm tall, clump-forming, growing in rather dry areas, leaning, with upright inflorescence. Leaf sheaths 3–5, bladeless; ligule 2–5 mm long, bilobed or truncate, pubescent or glabrous, light green with white margin; blades 5–10, 5–15.5 × 1.3–2.5 cm, elliptic to ovate, base obliquely obtuse, apex acuminate, strigose along veins above, otherwise glabrous; petiole, if present, to 1 cm. Inflorescence 5–11 × 5–12 cm, lax, conical; peduncle 1–2 cm long; rachis glabrous; bracts caducous, bracteoles 2–10 mm long, persistent, elliptic, apex and margin pubescent; cincinni 1–7 cm long; pedicel to 6 mm. Flowers 3.0– 3.6 cm long, ovary and calyx green, the rest pure orange; ovary ca 4 mm long (⚥), ellipsoid, ridged; calyx 3–5 mm long, infundibuliform, lobes acuminate; floral tube 9–11 mm long, dorsal and lateral corolla lobes ca 6 × 3 mm, hooded, elliptic; lateral staminodes 12–14 × 7–8 mm, obovate, apex acute; labellum 19–20 × 4–7 mm, triangular, bilobed, spot absent, base truncate, apex obtuse, nectar tube ca 6 mm long; filament ca 30 mm; anther ca 1.5 mm long, connective tissue, crest and appendages orange, semi-translucent, crest ca 1 mm long (shorter in Ƌ), truncate; ⚥ appendages ca 3 mm long, acuminate, bifid, upper pair bigger, decurrent to connective tissue and crest, lower pair smaller; Ƌ appendages ca 3 mm long, acuminate, bifid to halfway, upper pair only slightly bigger than lower. Fruit ellipsoid, longitudinally ridged, green. Bulbils produced at peduncle and cincinni, ellipsoid, tissue corky.
Distribution and habitat
Myanmar and Thailand, 100–350 m a.s.l., in rather dry forest.
Conservation status
Least Concern. Although this species has a small AOO of 32 km 2, the populations in Kanchanaburi province, where this species is commonest, are found in several protected areas. It is also grown in Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden.
Notes
Usually found in somewhat dry areas, such as bamboo forest. The labellum is remarkable, being longer than the lateral staminodes. It always covers the lateral corolla lobes. Plants were cultivated under more humid test conditions in Bangkok to find out the stability of the morphological characters. After growing for one season, the environmental factors affected only vegetative structures, i.e., leafy stem size, inflorescence size but did not influence the ratios of the floral parts.
description: Published as part of Sangvirotjanapat, Sunisa, Denduangboriphant, Jessada & Newman, Mark F., 2019, A taxonomic revision of Globba subsect. Nudae (Zingiberaceae), pp. 1-37 in European Journal of Taxonomy 503 on pages 29-32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.503, http://zenodo.org/record/2613035