Open AccessA NEW SPECIES OF ZINGIBER (ZINGIBERACEAE) FROM ENGGANO ISLAND, INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Marlina Ardiyani
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
reinwardtia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2337-8824
pISSN - 0034-365X
DOI - 10.14203/reinwardtia.v14i2.1676
Subject(s) - zingiberaceae , biology , zingiber officinale , botany , traditional medicine , rhizome , medicine
ARDIYANI, M. 2015. - A new species of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) from Enggano Island, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 14 (2): 307 - 310. - A species of Zingiber Miller (Zingiberaceae), Z. engganoensis Ardiyani, from Enggano Island, Indonesia is described. The species is only known from its type locality. It is similar to Z. spectabile Griff. but with some morphological differences. Three-locus DNA barcodes (rbcL, matK and ITS2) of the new species were generated for its identification purposes