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Amomum sericeum  

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Range Description:

Recorded from India (Assam) eastwards to Viet Nam and also from China (Yunnan and Hainan).

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Distribution:

S Yunnan [India, Myanmar, ?Nepal, ?Sikkim].

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Description:

Plants 1--3 m tall. Ligule entire or slightly 2-cleft, 0.5--1.5 cm, membranous, pubescent, apex acute; petiole 4--8(--11) cm; leaf blade lanceolate, 50--65 × 7--15 cm, abaxially silvery pubescent, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Spikes subglobose, 3.5--5 cm in diam.; peduncle 2.5--4 cm, scalelike sheaths ovate, subleathery, apex emarginate; bracts oblong, ca. 3.5 cm, membranous, early deciduous; bracteoles absent. Calyx white, clavate, 2.2--3 cm, villous, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube white; lobes 2.5--3 cm × 8--10 mm. Lateral staminodes subulate, ca. 5 mm. Labellum with yellow midvein striped red, oblong, 2--3 cm, white pubescent. Filament ca. 4 mm; anther ca. 9 mm; connective appendage semiorbicular, rarely obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule pale brown, obovoid-globose or obconical, ca. 2.5 × 1.5--2 cm, 3--5-angled, glabrous, apex with persistent calyx; pedicel ca. 3 mm. Seeds not fragrant. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Sep. 2 n = 48*.

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Synonym:

Amomum dealbatum Roxburgh var. sericeum (Roxburgh) Baker.

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

Grows in lowland evergreen and deciduous forest and in montane evergreen forest.

Systems

  • Terrestrial
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Habitat:

Wet places in dense forests; 600--1200 m.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Amomum sericeum:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

DD
Data Deficient

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2012

Assessor/s

Leong-Skornickova, J., Tran, H.D., Newman, M., Lamxay, V. & Bouamanivong, S.

Reviewer/s

Hilton-Taylor, C. & Bilz, M.

Contributor/s

Justification

This is a species complex and although as currently circumscribed it has a very wide range and is common, it may be resolved into a number of more restricted range species. Hence for now it has to be assessed as Data Deficient.
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Population:

Population

A common and widespread taxon.

Population Trend

Unknown
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Threats:

Major Threats

Unknown until the taxonomy is reassessed.
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