Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand
Etlingera littoralis is a common ground species in Zingiberaceae. It is widely distributed in Peninsular Thailand both in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea coasts. The morphological characters of E. littoralis and two related species, E. megalocheilos and Etlingera sp. are similar. Although E...
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| description | Etlingera littoralis is a common ground species in Zingiberaceae. It is widely distributed in Peninsular Thailand both in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea coasts. The morphological characters of E. littoralis and two related species, E. megalocheilos and Etlingera sp. are similar. Although E. megalocheilos were not found in this study, its morphological characters from previous studies indicated that E. littoralis and E. megalocheilos are different species. Interestingly, an unknown Etlingera sp. was found instead. The morphological character of Etlingera sp. is superficially similar to E. littoralis. The morphological characters of both E. littoralis and Etlingera sp. were studied using R statistic. The results showed that E. littoralis and Etlingera sp. can be clearly separated by reproductive parts (inflorescence color pattern, labellum length, labellum and stamen length ratio, and angle of anther). The morphological characters indicate that E. littoralis and Etlingera sp. can be classified as 2 different species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff86a4f17aad459c9122fc18e2ba5d472022-12-22T02:06:27ZengWalailak UniversityWalailak Journal of Science and Technology1686-39332228-835X2013-08-0110610.2004/wjst.v10i6.634323Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern ThailandWassana CHONGKRAIJAK0Chatchai NGAMRIABSAKUL1Axel Dalberg POULSEN2Ecology and Biodiversity Program, School of Science, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161Division of Biology, School of Science, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Blindern, OsloEtlingera littoralis is a common ground species in Zingiberaceae. It is widely distributed in Peninsular Thailand both in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea coasts. The morphological characters of E. littoralis and two related species, E. megalocheilos and Etlingera sp. are similar. Although E. megalocheilos were not found in this study, its morphological characters from previous studies indicated that E. littoralis and E. megalocheilos are different species. Interestingly, an unknown Etlingera sp. was found instead. The morphological character of Etlingera sp. is superficially similar to E. littoralis. The morphological characters of both E. littoralis and Etlingera sp. were studied using R statistic. The results showed that E. littoralis and Etlingera sp. can be clearly separated by reproductive parts (inflorescence color pattern, labellum length, labellum and stamen length ratio, and angle of anther). The morphological characters indicate that E. littoralis and Etlingera sp. can be classified as 2 different species.http://wjst.wu.ac.th/index.php/wjst/article/view/634Etlingera littoralisEtlingera sp.Zingiberaceaesouthern Thailandmorphological diversitydistribution |
| spellingShingle | Wassana CHONGKRAIJAK Chatchai NGAMRIABSAKUL Axel Dalberg POULSEN Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand Walailak Journal of Science and Technology Etlingera littoralis Etlingera sp. Zingiberaceae southern Thailand morphological diversity distribution |
| title | Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand |
| title_full | Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand |
| title_short | Morphological Diversity and Distribution of Etlingera littoralis (König) Giseke (Zingiberaceae) in Southern Thailand |
| title_sort | morphological diversity and distribution of etlingera littoralis konig giseke zingiberaceae in southern thailand |
| topic | Etlingera littoralis Etlingera sp. Zingiberaceae southern Thailand morphological diversity distribution |
| url | http://wjst.wu.ac.th/index.php/wjst/article/view/634 |
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