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This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NE. Queensland.
Curculigo capitulata

[FTEA]

Hypoxidaceae, J. Wiland-Szymańska, I. Nordal. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2006

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb with leaves to 1 m long; lamina lanceolate, plicate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence racemose, capitulate, deflexed, ovoid or globose, 2.5–5 cm diameter
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellow; rostrum about 3–4 mm long; perianth segments ovate, 6–8 mm long, acute; anthers lanceolate, 3–4 mm long, filaments short; ovary turbinate, 6–8 mm, densely villose, with about 10 ovules
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit indehiscent, globose, 6–8 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds numerous, black, ovoid, 1.5 mm diameter; testa with irregular, coarse striations.
Distribution
Range: Has been cultivated in our area. It is originally from tropical Asia, Philippines and North Australia, it has also been cultivated in Africa and South America.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1000 - 1500 m.; Andes, Orinoquia.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Hunt, P.F. [2844], Solomon Is. 30262.000
Clarke, C.B. [12389], India K000099956 Unknown type material
India K000099957 Unknown type material
Nov 19, 2012 Du [HNK 3194], Vietnam Molineria capitulata K000524428
Papua New Guinea Molineria capitulata 25694.238
Papua New Guinea Molineria capitulata 45578.000
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5159], Nepal Curculigo recurvata K001104986
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5159], Nepal Curculigo recurvata K001104991
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5159] Curculigo recurvata K001104992
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5159] Curculigo recurvata K001104993
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5159] Curculigo recurvata K001104987
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5159] Curculigo recurvata K001104990
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5159], Nepal Curculigo recurvata K001104985
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5159] Curculigo recurvata K001104988
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5161], Malaysia Curculigo sumatrana K001104995
Jack, W. [Cat. no. 5161], Malaysia Curculigo sumatrana K001104996
Forrest, G. [8455], Yunnan Tupistra esquirolii K000846172

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703 (1891)

Accepted by

  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Not accepted by

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F. [Cited as Molineria capitulata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Molineria capitulata.]
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Molineria capitulata.]

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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  • Vikraman, R.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Thulasidas, G. (2008). A study on the garden escaped exotics of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 765-781.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae) Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

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