Zingiberaceae
Curcuma

Curcuma pseudomontana J.Graham

First published in Cat. Pl. Bombay: 210 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Cooke, T. (1908). Curcuma pseudomontana. In: The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, Volume 2, pp. 730. Taylor and Francis, London.
  • Graham, J. (1839). Curcuma pseudomontana. In: A Catalogue of the Plants Growing in Bombay and its Vicinity; Spontaneous, Cultivated or Introduced, as Far as they Have Been Ascertained, pp. 210. Government Press, Bombay.
  • Jagtap, S. D. et al. (2006). Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 3: 463–469.
  • Ram Rao, N. (2006). Wild plant genetic resources of Godavari valley of eastern Ghats in Andra Pradesh. Eptris-Envis Newsletter 2.
  • Ravindram, P. N. et al. (2007). Turmeric: the Genus Curcuma. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Rommand-Monnier, F. (2009). Curcuma pseudomontana. Assessment using IUCN Categories and Criteria 3.1 (IUCN 2001). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sasikumar, B. (2005). Genetic resources of Curcuma: diversity, characterization and utilization. Plant Genetic Resources 3: 230-251.
  • Tyagi, D. K. (2005). Pharma Forestry: Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Atlantic, New Dehli.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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?
Aug 1, 2005 Santapan, H. [9204], India K000459674 No
Aug 1, 2005 Narasimhan, P.L. [165118], India K000459675 No
Jun 19, 2003 Skornickova, J. [73402], India K000459677 No
Jun 18, 2003 Skornickova, J. [73401], India K000459676 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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

  • 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

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0