Botany

Flowering plant

Renealmia krukovii Maas

This plant specimen, pressed and dried on a herbarium sheet, was collected in Ucayali, Peru in 2004 by J. Schunke V. & J. G. Graham. It belongs to the Zingiberaceae family (flowering plant) and is preserved so scientists can study it for generations.

Ucayali, Peru

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