Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 3894Tapeinochilos kalkmaniiOLD NAME: Tapeinochilos kalkmanii NEW NAME: Tapeinochilos kalkmanii NAME CHANGE NOTES: FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tapeinochilos kalkmanii Gideon STATUS : accepted CONTINENT: Malanesian FIELD OBSERVATIONS:(If field observations are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) PHOTOS:(If photos are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Osia Gideon Monograph: Listed as a basal or terminal flowering species. Basal description: Bracts not woody, coriaceous. Bracts not recurved, 14-16 mm wide at widest point; inflorescence 4-7 cm diam., scape about 8 cm long, known from the Cycloop Mtns. near Jayapura, Star Mtns. and Hunstein Mtns. of East Sepik. Terminal description: Straight bracts and inflorescence < 11cm in diameter, with flowers about the same length as the bracts (flower to bract ratio 1.1 to 1.3). Flowers 30-46 mm long, as long as the bract or longer. Bracts not yellow-tipped, pungent. Abaxial leaf surface blabrous, leaves 8-12 by 2-2.3 cm, flowers 38-46 mm long; bracts pointed but not pungent, endemic to the mountains of Jayapura Area and Hunstein Mtns fo East Sepik. No photos or further information found.
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