Zingiberaceae
Curcuma

Curcuma montana Roxb.

First published in Pl. Coromandel 2: 28 (1800)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Assam. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, East Himalaya

Introduced into:

India

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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 Curcuma longa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Haines, H.H. [183] K002593666 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73474] India K002593682 Yes
s.coll. [4401] K002593668 Yes
Škorničková, J.; Prasanthkumar, M.G. [73430] India K002593678 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73425] India K002593676 Yes
Haines, H.H. [183] K002593667 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [33667] India K002593661 Yes
Škorničková, J.; Prasanthkumar, M.G. [73437] India K002593677 Yes
s.coll. [5156] K002593660 Yes
Haines, H.H. [183] K002593665 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73433] India K002593672 Yes
s.coll. [5150] K002593669 Yes
Acooke; Wood, J.J. [CXLIX] K002593684 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1779] India K002593671 Yes
Haines, H.H. [183] K002593664 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73456] India K002593681 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73425] India K002593675 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73479] India K002593683 Yes
Škorničková, J. [71484] India K002593673 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [532] K002593670 Yes
Wood, J.J. [187] K002593663 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73461] India K002593679 Yes
Wood, J.J. [CXLIX] K002593662 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73456] India K002593680 Yes
s.coll. [3567] K002593659 Yes
Škorničková, J. [73419] India K002593674 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0