Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Revisiting Alpinia cumingii (Zingiberaceae): phylogenetic placement, recircumscription and a description of a new morphologically similar species

Alpinia cumingii was described by Karl Moritz Schumann from the Philippines in 1904. Two remarkably similar species, also from the Philippines, Alpinia penduliflora and Alpinia pendula, were described respectively in 1909 by Henry Nicholas Ridley and 1928 by Eduardo Quisumbing an...

Pollen source in Prasophyllum affects seed quantity and quality

Context Prasophyllum (Orchidaceae) contains 40 nationally threatened species in Australia, and the collection of viable seed is key to their conservation. However, knowledge of mating systems in Prasophyllum is limited, and the effects of pollen source (self, outcross, and natura...