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Curcuma

The genus Curcuma is in the family Zingiberaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Curcuma

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma albiflora Thwaites Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma amada Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma amarissima Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma antinaia Chaveer. & Tanee Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma attenuata Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma australasica Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma bakeriana Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma bhatii (R.M.Sm.) Škornick. & M.Sabu Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma bicolor Mood & K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma caesia Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma ceratotheca K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma cochinchinensis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma codonantha Škornick., M.Sabu & Prasanthk. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma coerulea K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma colorata Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma comosa Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma coriacea Mangaly & M.Sabu Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma decipiens Dalzell Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma ecalcarata Sivar. & Balach. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma ecomata Craib Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma elata Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma exigua N.Liu Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma ferruginea Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma flaviflora S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma glans K.Larsen & Mood Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma gracillima Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma grandiflora Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma haritha Mangaly & M.Sabu Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma harmandii Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma heyneana Valeton & Zijp Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma inodora Blatt. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma karnatakensis Amalraj, Velay. & Mural. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma kudagensis Velay., V.S.Pillai & Amalraj Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma larsenii Maknoi & Jenjitt. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma latiflora Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma latifolia Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma leucorrhiza Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma loerzingii Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma longa L. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma longispica Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma mangga Valeton & Zijp Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma meraukensis Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma montana Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma mutabilis Škornick., M.Sabu & Prasanthk. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma nankunshanensis N.Liu, X.B.Ye & Juan Chen Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma neilgherrensis Wight Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma oligantha Trimen Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma ornata Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma parviflora Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma parvula Gage Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma peethapushpa Sasidh. & Sivar. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma petiolata Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma picta Roxb. ex Škornick. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma pierreana Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma plicata Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma porphyrotaenia Zipp. ex Span. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma prakasha S.Tripathi Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma pseudomontana J.Graham Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma purpurascens Blume Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma purpurea Blatt. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma raktakanta Mangaly & M.Sabu Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma reclinata Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma rhabdota Sirirugsa & M.F.Newman Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma rhomba Mood & K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma roscoeana Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma rubescens Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma rubrobracteata Škornick., M.Sabu & Prasanthk. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma sattayasaiorum Chaveer. & Sudmoon Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma sichuanensis X.X.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma singularis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma sparganiifolia Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma stenochila Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma strobilifera Wall. ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma sulcata Haines Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma sumatrana Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma sylvatica Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma thalakaveriensis Velay., Amalraj & Mural. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma thorelii Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma trichosantha Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma vamana M.Sabu & Mangaly Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma viridiflora Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma yunnanensis N.Liu & S.J.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Curcuma zedoarioides Chaveer. & Tanee Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 132 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Curcuma. Of these 92 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 6 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Curcuma. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 132 species names for the genus Curcuma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 92 69.7%
Synonym 36 27.3%
Unplaced 1 0.8%
Unassessed 3 2.3%

All names

The status of the 138 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Curcuma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 92 66.7%
Synonym 42 30.4%
Unplaced 1 0.7%
Unassessed 3 2.2%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 132 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Curcuma, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 92 35 0 0 127 96.2%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 0.8%
Low confidence 0 0 1 3 4 3.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Curcuma, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 3 0 4 3.0%
WCSP 92 35 1 0 0 128 97.0%