Binh Dinh Province, Van Canh District, Canh Lien Municipality. Fractionally logged dense dry primary evergreen broad-leaved forest on steep mountain slopes composed by granite with quartzite at elevation 600-700 m a.s.l. Terrestrial herb with procumbent (never erect) shoots 4–5 m long on very steep rocky slope. Flowers white, with red center of the lip. Occasional. 23 March 2025, Nguyen Van Canh, AL3766 (same clone as AL3605). Photos.
Jana Skornickova: I have never seen this in Vietnam and in all likely hood, this is new. There are some Alpinia species in Peninsular Malaysia, which have similar structure of inflorescence with fairly long branches ending with crowded cincinni of flowers, but never seen that in Vietnam. It is interesting, because there seem to be affinities between flora of Peninsular Malaysia and Vietnam. Although for gingers the species do not overlap, there seem to be pairs of taxa (genera/species) which are somewhat similar but not same.
Record creation: 2025-03-25, Аверьянов Леонид Владимирович. Processing status: work_status_1Citation: Specimen LE 01255682 // Virtual herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute RAS — http://re.herbariumle.ru/01255682