A NEW SPECIES OF ZINGIBER (ZINGIBERACEAE) FROM ENGGANO ISLAND, INDONESIA

MARLINA ARDIYANI (Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong Science Center, Jln. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46, Cibinong 16911, Bogor, Indonesia.)

REINWARDTIA
Vol 14, No 2 (2015): Vol.14 No.2

ARDIYANI, M. 2015. - A new species of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) from Enggano Island, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 14 (2): 307 - 310. - A species of Zingiber Miller (Zingiberaceae), Z. engganoensis Ardiyani, from Enggano Island, Indonesia is described. The species is only known from its type locality. It is similar to Z. spectabile Griff. but with some morphological differences. Three-locus DNA barcodes (rbcL, matK and ITS2) of the new species were generated for its identification purposes