- Family:
- Zingiberaceae Martinov
Curcuma L.

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Belize, Borneo, Caroline Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Fiji, Florida, Gilbert Is., Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Marquesas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Windward Is., Zaïre
- Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.
- Curcuma albiflora Thwaites
- Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep.
- Curcuma amada Roxb.
- Curcuma amarissima Roscoe
- Curcuma andersonii (Baker) kornick.
- Curcuma angustifolia Roxb.
- Curcuma antinaia Chaveer. & Tanee
- Curcuma arida kornick. & N.S.Lý
- Curcuma aromatica Salisb.
- Curcuma arracanensis W.J.Kress & V.Gowda
- Curcuma attenuata Wall. ex Baker
- Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp
- Curcuma australasica Hook.f.
- Curcuma bakeriana Hemsl.
- Curcuma bella Maknoi, K.Larsen & Sirirugsa
- Curcuma bhatii (R.M.Sm.) kornick. & M.Sabu
- Curcuma bicolor Mood & K.Larsen
- Curcuma caesia Roxb.
- Curcuma campanulata (Kuntze) kornick.
- Curcuma candida (Wall.) Techapr. & kornick.
- Curcuma cannanorensis R.Ansari, V.J.Nair & N.C.Nair
- Curcuma caulina J.Graham
- Curcuma ceratotheca K.Schum.
- Curcuma clovisii kornick.
- Curcuma cochinchinensis Gagnep.
- Curcuma codonantha kornick., M.Sabu & Prasanthk.
- Curcuma coerulea K.Schum.
- Curcuma colorata Valeton
- Curcuma comosa Roxb.
- Curcuma cordata Wall.
- Curcuma coriacea Mangaly & M.Sabu
- Curcuma corniculata kornick.
- Curcuma cotuana Luu, Skornick. & H.Ð.Tr?n
- Curcuma decipiens Dalzell
- Curcuma ecomata Craib
- Curcuma elata Roxb.
- Curcuma euchroma Valeton
- Curcuma exigua N.Liu
- Curcuma ferruginea Roxb.
- Curcuma flammea kornick.
- Curcuma flaviflora S.Q.Tong
- Curcuma glans K.Larsen & Mood
- Curcuma glauca (Wall.) kornick.
- Curcuma gracillima Gagnep.
- Curcuma graminifolia (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) kornick.
- Curcuma grandiflora Wall. ex Baker
- Curcuma gulinqingensis N.H.Xia & Juan Chen
- Curcuma haritha Mangaly & M.Sabu
- Curcuma harmandii Gagnep.
- Curcuma heyneana Valeton & Zijp
- Curcuma inodora Blatt.
- Curcuma involucrata (King ex Baker) kornick.
- Curcuma karnatakensis Amalraj, Velay. & Mural.
- Curcuma kayahensis Nob.Tanaka & M.M.Aung
- Curcuma kudagensis Velay., V.S.Pillai & Amalraj
- Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang
- Curcuma larsenii Maknoi & Jenjitt.
- Curcuma latiflora Valeton
- Curcuma latifolia Roscoe
- Curcuma leonidii kornick. & Luu
- Curcuma leucorrhiza Roxb.
- Curcuma loerzingii Valeton
- Curcuma longa L.
- Curcuma longispica Valeton
- Curcuma macrochlamys (Baker) kornick.
- Curcuma mangga Valeton & Zijp
- Curcuma meraukensis Valeton
- Curcuma montana Roxb.
- Curcuma mukhraniae R.Kr.Singh & Arti Garg
- Curcuma mutabilis kornick., M.Sabu & Prasanthk.
- Curcuma myanmarensis (W.J.Kress) kornick.
- Curcuma nankunshanensis N.Liu, X.B.Ye & Juan Chen
- Curcuma neilgherrensis Wight
- Curcuma newmanii kornick.
- Curcuma oligantha Trimen
- Curcuma ornata Wall. ex Baker
- Curcuma pambrosima kornick. & N.S.Lý
- Curcuma papilionacea Soonthornk., Ongsakul & Skornick.
- Curcuma parviflora Wall.
- Curcuma parvula Gage
- Curcuma pedicellata (Chaveer. & Mokkamul) kornick.
- Curcuma peramoena Souvann. & Maknoi
- Curcuma petiolata Roxb.
- Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton
- Curcuma picta Roxb. ex kornick.
- Curcuma pierreana Gagnep.
- Curcuma plicata Wall. ex Baker
- Curcuma prakasha S.Tripathi
- Curcuma prasina Skornick.
- Curcuma pseudomontana J.Graham
- Curcuma purpurascens Blume
- Curcuma putii Maknoi & Jenjitt.
- Curcuma pygmaea kornick. & ída f.
- Curcuma reclinata Roxb.
- Curcuma rhabdota Sirirugsa & M.F.Newman
- Curcuma rhomba Mood & K.Larsen
- Curcuma roscoeana Wall.
- Curcuma roxburghii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf
- Curcuma rubescens Roxb.
- Curcuma rubrobracteata kornick., M.Sabu & Prasanthk.
- Curcuma sahuynhensis kornick. & N.S.Lý
- Curcuma saraburiensis Boonma & Saensouk
- Curcuma sattayasaiorum Chaveer. & Sudmoon
- Curcuma scaposa (Nimmo) kornick. & M.Sabu
- Curcuma sessilis Gage
- Curcuma sichuanensis X.X.Chen
- Curcuma singularis Gagnep.
- Curcuma sparganiifolia Gagnep.
- Curcuma stenochila Gagnep.
- Curcuma stolonifera Nob.Tanaka, K.Armstr. & M.M.Aung
- Curcuma strobilifera Wall. ex Baker
- Curcuma sumatrana Miq.
- Curcuma supraneeana (W.J.Kress & K.Larsen) kornick.
- Curcuma sylvatica Valeton
- Curcuma thorelii Gagnep.
- Curcuma tongii Y.H.Tan & Li X.Zhang
- Curcuma trichosantha Gagnep.
- Curcuma vamana M.Sabu & Mangaly
- Curcuma viridiflora Roxb.
- Curcuma vitellina kornick. & H.Ð.Tran
- Curcuma wallichii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf
- Curcuma wilcockii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf
- Curcuma woodii N.H.Xia & Juan Chen
- Curcuma xanthella kornick.
- Curcuma yingdeensis N.H.Xia & Juan Chen
- Curcuma yunnanensis N.Liu & S.J.Chen
- Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb.
- Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
- Curcuma zedoarioides Chaveer. & Tanee
Curcuma L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Reilly, J. [128], Malaysia | 49869.000 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Leong-Skornicková, J., Sída, O., Wijesundara, S. & Marhold, K. (2008). On the identity of tumeric: the typification of Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 37-46.
- Raju, V.S., Reddy, C.S. & Ragan, A. (2006). Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) in Andhra Pradesh: a preliminary study Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 773-775.
- Sirirugsa, P., Larsen, K. & Maknoi, C. (2007). The genus Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae): distribution and classification with reference to species diversity in Thailand Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 59: 203-220.
- kornicková, J.L., Sída, O. & Marhold, K. (2010). Back to types! Towards stability of names in Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae) Taxon 59: 269-282.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0