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<mods:title id="46FE533514F95F79CA1ADACB5AD3936D">Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India</mods:title>
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<heading id="7EFDB79045C5DB406AD27296A52F2E1E" reason="title">Type.</heading>
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<taxonomicName id="F7CDC5437C766BD69AD3921814FB97BC" authorityName="Y. Ritu &amp; V. Gowda" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="corniculata">
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is morphologically similar to 
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and 
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but differs in having sessile, oblong-narrowly ovate leaves, absence of inflorescence bracts and bracteoles, orange flower, cuneate labellum with cornicula (Fig. 
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), long pedicel, the presence of bulbils throughout the inflorescence vs. petiolate, ovate to narrowly ovate leaves, presence of inflorescence bracts and bracteole, yellow to orange flowers, and obcuneate labellum with cornicula.
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<label id="FBF5DE961CE1604217ED2F98172876D9">Figure 4.</label>
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<taxonomicName id="7104E6398CD03722F7191CDFF79F7790" authorityName="Yadav &amp; Gowda" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="corniculata" status="sp. nov.">
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habit 
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rhizome 
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ligule 
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inflorescence 
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flower (front view) 
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flower (side view) 
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gynoecium 
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dissected flower, cl (corolla lobes), an (anther), ls (lateral staminodes), la (labellum) 
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fruit. Photographs by Y. Ritu.
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Terrestrial herbs, 
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tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non tuberulous, creamish white. Leafy shoot with 9–12 leaves; sheath ligulate, ligule 
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long, bilobed, margin densely pubescent; lamina 25–32 × 
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, sessile, oblong – narrowly ovate, base rounded, apex caudate, margin entire, adaxially pubescent along veins and margins, abaxially densely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 
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long, erect; peduncle 
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long, light green, glabrous; rachis, dark green, glabrous, with white dots, bracts and bracteole absent. Ebracteate cincinni 25–51, flowers maturing from base to apex of inflorescence, each cincinni with 2–3 flowers. Floral pedicel for basal flowers 
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long, for terminal flowers 
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long, orange, recurved; calyx 
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long, pale yellow with maroon patches; floral tube 
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long, filament 
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long, orange tinged red, glabrous, fulvous with red dots, arching; anther 
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long, ovate, apex acute, orange tinged red, crest 
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long, non-appendaged; style 
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, filiform, apex broader than base, stigma 
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long, cylindrical, apex ciliate. Ovary 0.4–0.5 × 
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, obovate, pale green, verrucose; epigynous glands 2, 
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long, linear, cream. Fruit 
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in diameter, globose, green, verrucose, calyx persistent. Bulbils 1.2–2 × 
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, narrowly ovoid, yellowish green with dark maroon lines, pubescent, bulbils often at the base within a cincinni, but present throughout the inflorescence.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EBHAE" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="EA7747C4EC0ED9C2A041AF51EFC77B0A">
<heading id="0EAD7A2E6B85675E1E93A237634AACEC" reason="title">Distribution and ecology.</heading>
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<paragraph id="77E940F1F84F1B120C2F23E1D45EB0A3">
At present, 
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<emphasis id="57FCF6D4292A45B1782FC18AA44866BA" italics="true">G. corniculata</emphasis>
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is known only from the Takdah Forest in 
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, which is a tropical evergreen, lower montane forest at an elevation of ca. 
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. It is terrestrial, mostly growing in open habitats along the edge of roads. The current location has ca. 70 individuals within an area of ca. 
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. Other sympatric ginger species were 
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<emphasis id="9E310F56C59A1D7476EDFFFE58950F8A" italics="true">G. racemosa</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="4E3ADEE00646580ECEB76555193E5F44" italics="true">Hedychium spicatum</emphasis>
Sm. We
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have observed several species of bees and butterflies visiting the flowers of this species.
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EKIAE" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="D1DEF04CD54BDBCCFF1DC453969C9CB6">
<heading id="6751471781F6C93804E1A45A0F581FAB" reason="title">Phenology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="60D3F61C90594759D3ED5B5D27CD011D">Flowering and fruiting were observed in the month of August.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPIAE" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="EB43D3BE082C546BCAEF2D8CBF938B88">
<heading id="654F5521604FC971B3855BBD6CDEFC1A" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="683CC6B0B2FB8FE6A1F2C190D65D732B">
The species epithet 
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‘ 
<emphasis id="CE0BE30630DD054B1476686D6B0E8EF3" italics="true">corniculata</emphasis>
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’ refers to the presence of horn-shaped structure at the base of labellum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E5IAE" type="Informal conservation status">
<paragraph id="B9B2CD5250F02893A6FD7B4E61FB0B53">
<heading id="11DA66B4C6A5473EA95BC0AEA0E5A0C2" reason="title">Informal conservation status.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="901BE5A4A1A9AD4C030F0EB425CE99A6">
<taxonomicName id="A1D0E09147BEE872FB18090A9F31F449" authorityName="Yadav &amp; Gowda" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="corniculata">
<emphasis id="253EB2AD779E80F760A32D1572AB81C5" italics="true">G. corniculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from one population, which is a protected area with limited or no anthropogenic disturbance. The population was spread across 
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along the edge of the road, where we counted 1500–2000 individuals. We surveyed six potential locations in Darjeeling, which is 
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around the type locality (Takdah forest) and could not locate any population in northern 
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. Based on the 
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) guidelines, we hypothesize that if a formal conservation assessment were performed, its conservation status would probably be Critically Endangered according to criteria B 1. (a) (B 1: extent of occurrence is less than 
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, a: = 1 location).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EXJAE" type="Specimens of allied species examined">
<paragraph id="67F6711CDBF7D6AA1E73F6D7B49C2314">
<heading id="4FDE8EBD96946ECEF7986D48A67E757A" reason="title">Specimens of allied species examined.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F9F7689125453660089FDDFDA48EA08">
<emphasis id="281FFCC7EB19239DBBBBDFDF25AB411C" bold="true">
<taxonomicName id="9917FD6C9FEE5EC834ABF7FC8CE6AB4B" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruiliensis">
<emphasis id="BC4FC6937FC445BE9E460B55742A5F28" bold="true" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 
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. 
<collectingRegion id="153C4B3A902D155F3721FA79620A89FA" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: Ruili City, Nongdao Town, Dengga village, 
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, 
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, elevation 
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, 
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, 
<emphasis id="CBF9D1FCBB36DA8B51F153EA8AD3A12F" italics="true">Jian-Yong Shen, Wen-Guang Wang &amp; Xing-Da Ma 1666</emphasis>
(
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: 
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!)
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<paragraph id="3B570D3E215C4F25B2A181638F3CECA2">
<emphasis id="446202696CAE3DF65B4DE43F4CB83C8D" bold="true">
<taxonomicName id="1285DB6BC8AC824BAB670AD2081F7B38" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="multiflora">
<emphasis id="0C72D0AF03C2385AE45A1B77B31C0B64" bold="true" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 
<collectingCountry id="4EDE970C9844EE3B6E5B21A501203621" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion id="6FF03BC3C962F051F5CAA3A3736F5A3D" country="India" name="Sikkim">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: Regio Trop, (
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0092 1837), (P 01743164). 
<emphasis id="B85B5EBE187996979C26CFE6CD72B9B5" bold="true">
<collectingRegion id="ACE4991841E42427ED1B38F1668AA76D" country="India" name="Assam">Assam</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: Khasia Hills (
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0487990), Khasi Hills, Nambar Forest, 
<date id="7A6D8442E2194C58C2D3D7543C7DF01F" value="1949-07-03">3 July 1949</date>
, elevation 
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, 
<emphasis id="3A69690135388B2CC1AF9C85E24F17E7" italics="true">F. Kingdon-Ward 18619</emphasis>
(
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02650821), 
<emphasis id="59E023FBFF41F3DCD08EEA79C85FD231" italics="true">Jenkins F Jenkins, F s. n.</emphasis>
(
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0487989).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ELLAE" type="Taxonomic notes">
<paragraph id="74BC78254CF0EE22F7DF3A1DAF2DD1CA">
<heading id="5505BE4869412EE9218812C5AF043B7D" reason="title">Taxonomic notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="379F1633D2D924434405C1BD99FC35D5">
The new species is similar to the two species in flower color and presence of cornicula at the base of the labellum. The new species differs from 
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<emphasis id="727C141E39A71104247FA8E447AAA65C" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its large inflorescence 
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(vs. 
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), short peduncle 
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(vs. 
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), glabrous rachis (vs. hirsute) and absence of inflorescence bracts (vs. present). The new species differs from 
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<emphasis id="0ED98375F61D69531C9481CB15F70B58" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
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in its large lateral staminodes 
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(vs. 
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), length of lateral staminodes equal to corolla lobes (vs. shorter than corolla lobes), and production of bulbils throughout the inflorescence (vs. only at the lower portion of inflorescence). The detailed morphological comparisons between 
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<emphasis id="17BB32926482995E1DCB446CEB1F16EA" italics="true">G. corniculata</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName id="F4A2F29B0C16E0533BB10D5AE41ADF48" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruiliensis">
<emphasis id="CCF043DCF20BBDBB2D2B751BD3AB9100" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="DCDA1FB19734020FC15ECBB47ECD0B35" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="multiflora">
<emphasis id="E536978595953319F9BD8385CC51A0A8" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are presented in Table 
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.
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<paragraph id="CE8391C2E52D1A681085BBDFDD77C325">
<label id="0CA875F1B618F19F5BC137001D8839D1">Table 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CDDCF13DEEAC89CC93BB36D8F7754D71">
Comparison of morphological characteristics of 
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<emphasis id="15D1B6D92393C0E5B3828277A7045D23" italics="true">G. corniculata</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="118D34E50C437218CCD6A65A957576DC" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
with 
<taxonomicName id="1FA035F4C75E5468A767402DD7A2AC0F" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruiliensis">
<emphasis id="228CA5EF38A37BC48F85E732604F80E9" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="62627BF6E398344182CE88A6A5BCCBB9" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Characters not described in the original protologue or in subsequent descriptions of the same species are alternatively marked as not known.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5FACA1F96EB3759055D83B0B3F341ED6">
<table id="TID0E5KAI" rules="all">
<tbody id="FD1F721C483B902A67EE597848002CF7">
<tr id="A44D482C01EE0D3A542C328CFEA14DDC">
<th id="9581A4279166686C924D74625B049235" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Characters</th>
<th id="1A997383F75B031055BC17FCA40D600D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="DBFFB77DBB72323E5CB6363F0A567050" authority="Y. Ritu &amp; V. Gowda" authorityName="Y. Ritu &amp; V. Gowda" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="corniculata">
<emphasis id="409F18ECD8C3D945C28706F9D7D3C2ED" italics="true">G. corniculata</emphasis>
Y. Ritu &amp; V. Gowda
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="D4F90ACBF0A3F22A6F14DD2371DECD2A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="BB6541C9D0CC4B7C97E70E0C3800B634" authority="X. D. Ma, W. G. Wang &amp; J. Y. Shen" authorityName="X. D. Ma, W. G. Wang &amp; J. Y. Shen" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruiliensis">
<emphasis id="451DFDF6CFD4A61AB4A6C96A34ABA279" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
X. D. Ma, W. G. Wang &amp; J. Y. Shen
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="37B2A78DEEF78B3532BDCB75B04BC86E" DOI="10.6165/tai.2021.66.31" author="Ma" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Ma" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Taiwania" pagination="31-34" refId="B11" refString="Ma XD, Wang WG, Gong QB, Xu GH, Shi JP, Shen JY (2021) Globba ruiliensis, a new species of Zingiberaceae from Yunnan, China. Taiwania 66 (1): 31–34. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2021.66.31" title="Globba ruiliensis, a new species of Zingiberaceae from Yunnan, China." volume="66" year="2021">Ma et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
)
</th>
<th id="6DCF03E6367202320F15EB926E843E0A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="6119381FC1124DCC70751FE32298831B" authority="Wall." authorityName="Wall." class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="multiflora">
<emphasis id="69C8CDA4F9551C810609AD2FE7A5374C" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
Wall.
</taxonomicName>
(
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, 
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</th>
</tr>
<tr id="C4C52AAAA157DF5817A5D89B6BC2C74A">
<td id="55848C3D466DEA152164DD528038D67F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Ligule length (mm) and indumentum</td>
<td id="1F4B4AB891C5FEE4126590C431B18946" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3, densely pubescent</td>
<td id="616C49C696DE87DAC87F850F6BA5611C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2, margin ciliate</td>
<td id="C2404A9D3E4DBDC99A2A2DE6255ABA88" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1–1.6, pubescent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9BF5995C2806BB09941387F8483FD789">
<td id="FD387832BB0E2C88AD50387192418988" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lamina</td>
<td id="0E35506ED3A9B4A344AC068F29E5576F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sessile</td>
<td id="26EC57D19500C1615F7E3CA8F4EC0C7F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Subsessile or shortly petiolate</td>
<td id="76F13A428E10282ED1FBF8B0075AB63E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sessile</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C6CAB4E3D0B9EF35C3FB4409DF1B3637">
<td id="9364D00C7DE4A09708963B2004C32D25" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Peduncle length (cm) and indumentum</td>
<td id="8B10FCD9E8D8BBC82AD6BCD8E291CB4B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.8–2.3, glabrous</td>
<td id="527225D207FF8D99F53DD9C2161D75BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3–15, hirsute</td>
<td id="527337B5B7DC455CC0F7C36C09EB3DBA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.9–5.6, densely pubescent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DAE78B0C16936494AB4CAFFDF95E9403">
<td id="02D653554E9C85E5AF55E74992FF13E4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inflorescence length (cm) and orientation</td>
<td id="3F74F060915EF698B90DAC1408A04AF3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">25–53, erect</td>
<td id="5A59CF05CA3DE343F7AA8A040BB86BD0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10–35, erect</td>
<td id="7CE16D7E0C2913C5F8ACB7921F5C9E84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.5–25, erect</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8CE5636B3A4EF1E6CBD44115EF4517B8">
<td id="D4AE34A5A54CFAA45AB2E2DC77EE34D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Rachis indumentum</td>
<td id="1953E0840B05298E43773B5922AD8ED0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Glabrous</td>
<td id="043CA0A8493CCD05FB6946E533B14738" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Hirsute</td>
<td id="60F55D800DBFFFEBC7CB67AEDC026FBE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Not known</td>
</tr>
<tr id="376FFC74CDD71282EA21C3B95395A5D3">
<td id="990A17718B47FCADD957DDE3B2DFF0C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inflorescence bracts</td>
<td id="2C489925E2C85BB557604EDD1FB6EF08" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
<td id="6BFCE8FD0015CE56DA1291F618D5DF41" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Present</td>
<td id="381B712C09011950105DB7E942599363" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EC8122A85C010AA977BEC137BEE9997D">
<td id="275D02A8AB19A31024B48544A492F1EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Calyx length (mm)</td>
<td id="395C212C360AC5573654143D70CA148F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9–10</td>
<td id="685021793554397F9E684A4850FCEAE2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7–9</td>
<td id="26630E48FBEF0B7145A2AEE5F9535048" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8–9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B00999D8E0794232A4D69D06B347CA65">
<td id="D01A6D4E7929AA49CEBCBDB62FB1E7C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flower color</td>
<td id="AA74C8A24FF7F7D0D2875CDBD4BC67B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Orange</td>
<td id="2253A48BB5FCDCC62351A8B5BA7CD98E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellow to orange</td>
<td id="5B4F3890A146679B69925E039BD750C9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Orange</td>
</tr>
<tr id="29EA3CC08A462FDFE28A9C37458E7D66">
<td id="0B272D0DF08AB22D4F2C66E990C90904" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Labellum dimensions (mm) and shape</td>
<td id="1FE8C5B4780C2A1B53B17084F3C11E03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13 × 6–8, cordate</td>
<td id="86BCCD9AA620E27522CBA89C07A42C29" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Not known, obcuneate</td>
<td id="759947219D22B0363ED874AC21E8EBF0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8–10, obcuneate</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B220DE731FAA05D44FB46C684E519CBF">
<td id="A0BEC096C07B43DE6BF7C29443238916" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Labellum color</td>
<td id="293828F7FDDF9D9BA4EDE41D8DD8392F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Orange</td>
<td id="C47AD5B52F9B5840B6C0282898392D8E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellow to orange</td>
<td id="5A0A13D6E275DE5150ECAF6B92BCC721" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Saffron yellow with two red blotches</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F4F3754A21E72A3789874FBF3B5F0AB6">
<td id="9AA1DDE7AB653F1B2334DD75EB503E5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral staminode dimensions (mm) and shape</td>
<td id="07FA7BC11C918E898A1DFC0A4726D765" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9–10 × 3–4, ovate, apex attenuate</td>
<td id="8B70D799FDEC806E69B848EAF0AE68AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7–8 × 3–4, ovate-oblong, apex rounded</td>
<td id="9F79C803AC96891DDC21642751EC35F0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3–4 × 1.5–2, ovate-narrowly ovate, apex acute</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DA4BD1A63347C707B67A4C4E65B1FFED">
<td id="027BDC0D167049CF9A8C4DF44501B219" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Length of lateral staminodes with respect to corolla lobes</td>
<td id="02652CE7EE5A19FE3981940CF68F82C0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Nearly equal to corolla lobes</td>
<td id="75B8D0EF5021E67168971888F7430537" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Nearly equal to corolla lobes</td>
<td id="51BFE99C08D90F01CFA887008D4E3DA9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Shorter than (half the length) to corolla lobes</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3033607F59965C14BBBF7E82B8798A26">
<td id="83BAA4D6BA0491F784804832DF998BC1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Filament length (cm)</td>
<td id="6F00071C5511521E4D4E1D6B5BA7ED0E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5–1.8</td>
<td id="30B0A1983CAE01A4DD44F31092722794" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.2–1.7</td>
<td id="B3BCD507B3A1B666A4D79082720B7044" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.5–1.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81A6772630E97DBE9C5437E607F502C7">
<td id="982FC544BB43F87CE8A6E5854CC80786" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anther length (mm) and shape</td>
<td id="81BA0895D4B676DF6805CC40D041BD9D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5–6, ovate, apex acute</td>
<td id="1FB2FECADDD218540448D3EA21DEDCFC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3–4, elliptic, apex acute</td>
<td id="2681EFEA91F5E001EB710B2C9A892ED8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4, narrowly ovate, apex capitate</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D3FA1630167C94A3F40654A53CC8FC34">
<td id="2ABC9E4A56F2E49FF252E87D3595584B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anther crest length (mm)</td>
<td id="2AD26192977DFA5232F2DEF62773B9D6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.8–0.9</td>
<td id="998DFD0A67389B4FE677EBFCCFAFDBF1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Not known</td>
<td id="C8BE5C56A998DC3509506D9730BE0755" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Minutely crested</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3098090C599B2C624A85E127B0D7C61A">
<td id="F3EAF0B3E6A187AC305823739AACBD44" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Ovary dimensions (mm) and shape</td>
<td id="BFE5258DB349A673EECF200289DC085E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.7–4.5 × 2.6–3, obovoid</td>
<td id="8862811B01AAC147720DE7EBC07E390B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4–5 × 2.5, oblong</td>
<td id="13B96B477E2EEA2F80354CFCC7239469" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2306AF4FE95E5454AF5DAB17511A68C8">
<td id="0E4417CA14F4886E8E52468D275A1543" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bulbil position</td>
<td id="00DBC46DA54EF7243B30255BBC6CD1FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Throughout the inflorescence</td>
<td id="9BF81744536F6F95291840809221A9C6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2–4 at the lower part of inflorescence</td>
<td id="6FDE4988A9CFE0707819EBB5F1CF94B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3–5 at the lower part of inflorescences</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EWXAE" type="notes">
<paragraph id="D02D42289B17D61852A46680CBC4E517">
<heading id="20C553ECCDA9A58FA3CE1986851C1DC2" reason="title">Notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9509DD483B7C2300987019DAC6A1EC13">
<taxonomicName id="3766268A38BEE0A18898D7BC5EC9502C" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruiliensis">
<emphasis id="2A563C9784B9ED230D9A4DEE6B3ABD93" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distributed in 
<collectingRegion id="36EFEC0395D5E0C6C1F4EFDC9B7480FA" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan province</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="AE5882DB46A745915FC0242C83AC311B" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
and 
<taxonomicName id="F01EAC007197BE30266AF02F03B953B5" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="multiflora">
<emphasis id="141C9C964D1D61671D92108C0240B7FB" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distributed in 
<collectingRegion id="16292F8458AD3D65C2B7D5F9E5DBE255" country="India" name="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="89C4FE3645365C7C6DABC7A58F87C2A6" country="India" name="Assam">Assam</collectingRegion>
, and 
<collectingRegion id="2CEDC4E07B0AAE5563E5EF0CBA99E677" country="India" name="Sikkim">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
states, 
<collectingCountry id="190F313B7C201247A6756B3F4D440E40" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="AF9EB8C87E168C78E6D9C5C13CEC486B" name="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</collectingCountry>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation id="29983A6E6FC7BBFB4AACDBDB6213C41F" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Map showing the distribution of G. multiflora, G. ruiliensis, and G. corniculata sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1128062">5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="B7D69AC7CE0F9BE8989C2F9971F1E554" ID-DOI="10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751.figure5" ID-arpha="10929C4E-4FDD-53AC-99F9-08BBDAFC8984" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1128062" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="B245927ADFC55C21277BA052FF2BD930">
<label id="C7E588CFFA4F7A2AC12E2406B4790290">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9B36D39BFD55FB73EB601D8B5570DF40">
Map showing the distribution of 
<taxonomicName id="E3A54B8C50F7248E58D46E1423161DDB" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="multiflora">
<emphasis id="13C4515842922713F83D7476D115D1F5" italics="true">G. multiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="25D96A44AF2618B56DE6CC7C7181679F" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruiliensis">
<emphasis id="E9FBC84BD0BFDDD603DC00A52EE66028" italics="true">G. ruiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="876A7AB9862CBAD43D934836677FDFEC" italics="true">
and 
<taxonomicName id="5936CCDF0AE2193B90609A4D8A7A0A48" authorityName="Yadav &amp; Gowda" authorityYear="2024" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Globba" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="corniculata" status="sp. nov.">G. corniculata</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7EEC78E63764CF197B1FA8F3B2DF620C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
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