Inflorescence, close-up; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 6/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Branch with inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 6/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1129 Date of entry: 25.07.2009 Last update: 11.01.2020
Mandarin: 大杜若 (da du ruo)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Commelinales (22)
Family: Commelinaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Pollia (2)
Epithet: hasskarlii Rao Rolla (1)
hasskarlii => in honor of Justus Carl Hasskarl (1811-1894), German explorer and botanist
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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