Curcuma

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 2. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 3, 1754.

Common names: Hidden-lily
Etymology: the name in some East Indian language
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA22 P59 Curcuma Zingiber Alpinia pg 308.jpegAlpinia zerumbet
Curcuma zedoaria
Zingiber zerumbet

Pseudostems absent. Inflorescences from rhizome branch without basal leaves [projecting among basal leaves], dense, cylindric; bracts of main axis crowded, [2–] 4–9 cm, ovate to narrowly ovate or rectangular; cincinni sessile, 2–7-flowered, enclosed in bracts; bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts. Flowers: calyx short-cylindric, minutely 2–3-toothed, split down one side; corolla-tube funnelform, lobes ovate or oblong; filament rectangular, plane; anther enclosed in corolla, base spurred, terminal appendage sometimes present, lingulate; lateral staminodes large, petallike, lip concave, rounded or 2-fid. Fruits capsule, ellipsoid. x = 11, 21.

Distribution

Introduced; North America, native, s Asia, Australia

Discussion

Species ca. 50 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

... more about "Curcuma"
Alan T. Whittemore +
Linnaeus +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
ovate +  and narrowly ovate or rectangular +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
hidden +  and inconspicuous +
2-3-toothed +  and short-cylindric +
2-7-flowered +  and sessile +
Hidden-lily +
2-7-flowered +
monochasial +
North America +, native +, s Asia +  and Australia +
the name in some East Indian language +
plane +  and rectangular +
cauline +  and basal +
differentiated +
2-fid +, rounded +  and concave +
oblong +  and ovate +
3-carpellate +
differentiated +
persistent +
free +  and connate +
differentiated +
not petal-like +
distinct +  and connate +
petal-like +
petal-like +
not differentiated +
Curcuma +
Zingiberaceae +
projecting +