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Alpinia pricei var. sessiliflora (Kitamura) J. J. Yang & J. C. Wang in S. T. Chiu & C. I. Peng, Proc. Cross-Strait Symp. Florist. Diversity Conserv., 191. 1998.

阿里山月桃

Alpinia sessiliflora Kitamura, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 54: 39. 1946. Alpinia macrocephala Hayata, Icon. Pl. Form. 5: 223. 1915; Moo, Fl. Taiwan 5: 836. 1978. non K. Schum. 1904. Languas macrocephala (Hayata) Sasaki in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Form. 14: 85. 1924.

The variety differs from the typical in each flower with a bracteole, white, 1.5-2.2 cm long, ciliated on margin.

NAUTOU : Luku, Yang 1143, 1879, 2052(TNU); Hsitou, Yang 1146, 1150, 1153, 1185(TNU), Moo 77 (TAI), Kao 7175 (TAI); Fenghuangshan, Kao 6113 (TAI); Shenmu, Yang 1749(TNU). CHIAYI : Alishan, Yang 1336(TNU). Hayata & Ito s.n. Mar. 1914 (Type of Alpinia macrocephala, TAI !).

Endemic, at elevation from 1000-2000 m in central part.


 

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