%0 Journal Article
%A Arunrat Chaveerach
%A Piya Mokkamul
%A Runglawan Sudmoon and Tawatchai Tanee
%T A New Species of Amomum Roxb. (Zingiberaceae) from Northern Thailand
%D 2008
%J Taiwania
%V 53
%N 1
%P 6-10
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/699
%X A new species of the genus Amomum Roxb. (Zingiberaceae) from northern Thailand, Amomum inthanonense A. Chaveerach & T. Tanee is described and illustrated. It is closely related to A. thysanochililum S. Q. Tong & Y. M. Xia, but differs in several characters. The important different characters are plant up to 1.30 m tall, ligule apex bilobed, edge ciliate; leaf blade elliptic-oblong, base attenuate, cuneate or oblique, apex acute to acuminate; peduncle 1-2 cm long; first bracteole linear-oblong, apex ciliate, second bracteole obovate, apex ciliate; corolla tube white or reddish-white, dorsal and lateral lobes oblong; anther yellow, oblong, apex emarginated, connective appendages 2, long flat deltoid, yellow; ovary glabrous.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.2008.53(1).6