Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Curcuma L.
HIDDEN LILY
Classification
ZINGIBERALES
Curcuma
Citation
CURCUMA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Curcuma longa Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Curcuma picta ZEDOARY Not Native
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Dischema Dischema Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 566. 1845. TYPE: Dischema glaucum (Wallich) Voigt 1845. (Hitchenia glauca Wallich 1835.) = Hitchenia Wallich 1835.
Erndlia Erndlia Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 199, 209, 239, 252. 1792. TYPE: Erndlia subpersonata Giseke 1792. (Amomum zerumbeth Koenig 1783, non Amomum zerumbet Linnaeus 1753)
Hitchenia Hitchenia Wallich, Trans. Med. Soc. Calcutta 7: 215. 1835 ("1834"). TYPE: Hitchenia glauca Wallich 1835.
Hitcheniopsis Hitcheniopsis (Baker) Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. 4: 233, 252. 1924. BASIONYM: Curcuma Linnaeus, sect. Hitcheniopsis Baker, in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 215. 1890. TYPE: Non designatus.
Kua Kua Medikus, Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. 6(Phys.): 394. 1790. TYPE: Kua domestica Medikus, nom. illegit. (Curcuma longa Linnaeus) = Curcuma Linnaeus 1753.
Laosanthus Laosanthus K. Larsen & Jenjittikul, Nordic J. Bot. 31: 135, f. 1-2. 2001. TYPE: Laosanthus graminifolius K. Larsen & Jenjittikul 2001.
Paracautleya Paracautleya R. M. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35: 367. 1977. TYPE: Paracautleya bhatii R. M. Smith 1977.
Smithatris Smithatris W. J. Kress & K. Larsen, Syst. Bot. 26: 226, f. 1-3. 2001. TYPE: Smithatris supraneanae W. J. Kress & K. Larsen 2001.
Stahlianthus Stahlianthus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 697. 1891. TYPE: Stahlianthus campanulatus Kuntze 1891.
Stissera Stissera Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 199, 207, 228, 249. 1792, non Stisseria Heister ex Fabricius 1759. TYPE: Stissera curcuma Giseke 1792, nom. illegit. (Curcuma longa Linnaeus 1753.) = Curcuma Linnaeus 1753.