Meistera yunnanensis (S.Q. Tong) Skornick . & M.F. Newman

Ding, Hong-Bo, Yang, Bin, Maw, Mya Bhone, Win, Pyae Pyae & Tan, Yun-Hong, 2020, Taxonomic studies on Amomum Roxburgh s. l. (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar II: one new species and five new records for the flora of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 138, pp. 139-153 : 139

Meistera yunnanensis (S.Q. Tong) Skornick. & M.F. Newman Fig. 6

Meistera yunnanensis (S.Q. Tong) Škorničk. & M.F. Newman in De Boer et al. Taxon 67(1): 27. 2018; - Amomum yunnanense S.Q. Tong in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12(2): 151. 1990; S.Q. Tong in C.Y. Wu (ed.), Fl. Yunnan. 8: 632. 1997; T.L. Wu & K. Larsen in C.Y. Wu & P.H. Raven (eds), Fl. China 24: 353. 2000. Type: China, Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Ruili county-level City, Mengxiu Township, Guangren, 1200 m elev., 25 July 1983, S.Q. Tong & C.J. Liao 24832 (holotype: KUN1219275).

Specimens examined.

Myanmar, Sangaing Region, Hkamti District, Htamanti Wildlife Sanctuary, near Nam E Zu Camp 2, 25°30'05.35"N, 95°32'41.50"E, 193 m elev., 27 May 2019, Myanmar Exped. M5515 (HITBC!; RAF!); Sangaing Region, Hkamti District, Homalin Township, just outside Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nam Sa Bi Village Management Area, 25°18'53.50"N, 95°21'08.40"E, 216 m elev., 27 September 2016, Kate et al. 1631 (NY02654996!).

Distribution.

China, India, Myanmar.

Note.

This was originally described Tong (1990) based on a collection from Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. It was placed in the genus Amomum s.l, but on the basis of morphological study, the species is a member of Meistera ( De Boer et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 6. Meistera yunnanensis (S. Q. Tong) Skornick. & M. F. Newman A habit B leaf blade abaxially C ligule D basal part of plant showing inflorescences E inflorescence F single flower (front view) G single leaf (front view) H single leaf (back view) I bract J single flower (side view) K inflorescence (side view) L sterile bracts M bracteole N calyx O dorsal corolla lobe P lateral corolla lobes Q labellum with floral tube R stamen (back view) S stamen (front view) T epigynous glands U ovary. Photographed by H. B. Ding.