Zingiberaceae Lindl. Zingiber rubens Roxb. ? S. Vietnam, Prov. Kontum. Open secondary dry forest at 1400 m alt. on NW slope of Ngoc Linh mountain system near Long Nam village. Herb up to 0.3 m high. Flowers yellowish white with light scarlet bracteas. VH 1145 04.04.1995 International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 5094-93)
Participants: L. Averyanov, N.T. Ban, N. Q. Binh, A. Budantzev, L. Budantzev, N.T. Hiep, D.D. Huyen, P.K. Loc, N.X. Tam, G. Yakovlev