Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13379 Zingiberaceae 
Pleuranthodium tephrochlamys Laut. & K. Sch. 
var. aspericaulis Laut. & K. Sch. 
keys to here on Valeton 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; along the 
streambed of Wara Eya, near Yai Village, colls, 
centered on 7° 57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, natural growth 
alluvial forest, elev. 1 50-200 m. 
collection sequence 13348-13382; common ground 
herb, stems obliquely ascending; leaves papyraceous, 
adaxially dark dull green, abaxially medium or yellow- 
green; leaf sheath tesselate (but not always), hairy; 
inflorescence condensed; calyx glabrescent, 2-fid; 
corolla white, pink, or red. 
coll: W. Takeuchi et al. 13379 
date: June 15, 1999 
det.: WT, June 2001 
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