Curcuma

Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Curcuma L.
ZINGIBERACEAE
HIDDEN LILY
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Classification
ZINGIBERALES
Curcuma
Citation
CURCUMA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Curcuma longa Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Curcuma picta ZEDOARY Not Native
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.