Hedychium putaoense (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Putao, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar

Hedychium putaoense Y.H. Tan & H.B. Ding, a new species of Zingiberaceae from Putao, Kachin state, Northern Myanmar, is described and illustrated. It is similar to H. densiflorum Wall. and H. longipedunculatum A.R.K. Sastry & D.M. Verma, but differs by its very small bract (4-6 x 2.5-3 mm vs. 18-19 x 5-5.5 mm and ca. 11 x 7 mm, respectively), semicircle and dark red bracteole, orange flower and broadly falcate to lanceolate lateral staminodes.