Curcuma caulina J.Graham
First published in Cat. Pl. Bombay: 210 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India (Maharashtra). It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
India
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 224 (1890)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Škornicková, J.L., Sída, O. & Marhold, K. (2010). Back to types! Towards stability of names in Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae). Taxon 59: 269-282.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Hitchenia caulina.]
Kew Species Profiles
- Cooke, T. (1908). Curcuma caulina. In: The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, Volume 2, pp. 734. Taylor and Francis, London.
- Kay, D. E. (1987). Root Crops. Tropical Development and Research Institute, London.
- Lisboa, J. C. (1887). Notes on Mahableshwar and other Indian arrowroot-yielding plants. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 2:140–147.
- Rommand-Monnier, F. (2009). Curcuma caulina. Assessment using IUCN Categories and Criteria 3.1 (IUCN 2001). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Škornicková, J.L., Sída, O. & Marhold, K. (2010). Back to types! Towards stability of names in Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae). Taxon 59: 269-282.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mar 1, 2004 | Talbot, W.A. [s.n.], India | K000496042 | Unknown type material | No | |
Oct 5, 2003 | Skornickova, J. [84178], India | K000496047 | Unknown type material | No | |
Cooke, T. [s.n.], India | K000496044 | Unknown type material | No | ||
Cooke, T. [s.n.], India | K000496046 | Unknown type material | No | ||
Cooke [s.n.], India | K000496043 | Unknown type material | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. 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 Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Species Profiles
- Kew Species Profiles
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0