ETLINGERA COMOSA, A NEW SPECIES (ZINGIBERACEAE: ALPINIOIDEAE) FROM CENTRAL SULAWESI

Marlina Ardiyani (Herbarium Bogoriense Botany Division Research Center for Biology)
Wisnu Handoyo Ardi (Research Centre for Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN), Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 13 Bogor 16122, Indonesia)
Prima Wahyu Kusuma Hutabarat (Research Centre for Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN), Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 13 Bogor 16122)
Axel Dalberg Poulsen (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland.)

Reinwardtia
Vol 20, No 2 (2021): Reinwardtia

ARDIYANI, M., ARDI, W. H., HUTABARAT, P. W. K. & POULSEN, A. D. 2021. Etlingera comosa, a new species (Zingiberaceae: Alpinioidea) from Central Sulawesi. Reinwardtia 20(2): 63−68. — Etlingera comosa Ardiyani & Ardi, a new and unusual species from Tentena, Central Sulawesi exhibiting terrestrial as well as epiphytic habit is described here. It is compared to the morphologically closest Etlingera sublimata A.D.Poulsen, but differs in having tufted sheath, bilobed and asymmetric ligule, loose peduncular bracts, densely pubescent fertile bracts and longer filament. Colour plates, notes on its conservation status and DNA barcode data for the new species are also provided.