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Hedychium longicornutum

Griff. ex Baker (1892)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Genus: Hedychium

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Description

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 228 (1892)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hedychium longicornutum Honolulu; Judd St.; residence of A. F. Judd Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1936-06-27
2 Hedychium longicornutum Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Plant 2 ft. high; flws orange and red. Clay, H.F. Oahu BISH 1954-04-28
3 Hedychium longicornutum Honolulu; Judd St.; residence of A. F. Judd Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1936-06-27
4 Hedychium longicornutum Wahiawa Botanic Garden Growing in a small pocket on a tree trunk in dense shade. Preserved_Specimen An epiphytic herb; stems about 0.8 m long growing from a rhizome. Sepals a blend of salmon and crimson. Other flower parts creamy orange to orange. Flowers odorless (morning). Lau, J. 2342 Oahu BISH 1986-05-02
5 Hedychium longicornutum [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Flws orange and red. Corolla tube 4 cm long, petals 3, long, red, at 1st enclosing filament for 8 cm to anther, later wilting and hanging down with 3 (1 deeply cleft, looking like 4) shorter, curled-back orange staminodes. Entire flw 12 cm long (filament same length at 1st whitish, wilting red and yellow). Flw bracts orange-hairy. Hohu, M. Oahu BISH 1952-05-02
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