Alpinia flabellata Ridl., Philip. J. Sci., 4:188. 1909. R. M. Smith, Edinburgh J. Bot. 47(1): 44. 1990; J. J. Yang & J. C. Wang in S. T. Chiu & C. I. Peng, Proc. Cross-Strait Symp. Florist. Diversity Conserv. 190. 1998.
呂宋月桃
Languas flabellata (Ridl.) Merr., Enum. Philip. Pl. 231. 1922; Moo, Fl. Taiwan 5: 841. 1978.
Plant 1-1.5 m, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, petioles 1-2 cm long; blade oblong to lanceolate, 25-40 × 8-12 cm, tip acuminate, base round or cuneate; membranous, ligule entire, 0.5-1 cm long; Inflorescence a thyrse, branched with two ascending lateral axes, erect, glabrous; bract minute, deciduous; rachilla 3-5 mm long, cincinnus with 3-4 flowers. Flowers pedicellate, pedicel 0.1-0.2 cm long, without bracteole; calyx white, cylindric, tubular, 3-toothed, 0.8 cm long; corolla-tube longer than the calyx, with 3 lobes, lobes oblong, 1 cm long; labellum white, with red spots, shorter than corolla-lobe, fan-shape, short-clawed, then expanding abruptly into a 4-lobed limb, the lobes subequal; staminodes subulate, 0.3 cm long; anther 0.5 × 0.2 cm; filament 0.4 cm long; stigma clavate, ciliated orifice; style slender, 2 cm long; epyginous gland 0.3 cm long; ovary deep green, glabrous, 0.2 × 0.2 cm; Fruits indehiscent, orange-red, globose, 0.9 × 1 cm, smooth, glabrous. Seeds 1-3, dark brown, without aril.
TAITUNG: Is. Lanyu, Chang 8302, 9193, 9194, 9883, 11673, 17599, 19206, 19435, 19518, 19740(PPI), Chang 2280, s.n. Sep. 20, 1972(TAI), Chang 17126(TAI), Hsu 4821, 4840, 9424(TAI), Huang & Kao 5202, 5405(TAI), Kao 4860 (TAI), Kao 694(TAI), Moo 2333(TAI), Peng 5245, 10806 (HAST), Sasaki s.n. Sep. 23, 1933, s.n. Oct. 28, 1934 (TAI), Wang 6094(TNU), Yang 1523, 1539, 1964, 1983(TNU), Chang 17126(TCF); Is. Lutao, Sasaki s.n. Jan. 3, 1929(TAI).
The Ryukyus and the Philippines. Taiwan, in Is. Lutao & Is. Lanyu only.
