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Botany3

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Ofu1
Tau1
Tutuila1

Family

Zingiberaceae3

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American Samoa3

When collected

1930s1970s

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Alpinia purpurata

BISH 430371 · Whistler, W.A., 1975

Tutuila, American Samoa

Alpinia purpurata

BISH 699992 · Yuncker, T.G., 1939

Tau, American Samoa

Alpinia purpurata

BISH 699993 · Yuncker, T.G., 1939

Ofu, American Samoa

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