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Curcuma
Family: Zingiberaceae
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Alan T. Whittemore in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Pseudostems absent. Inflorescences from rhizome branch without basal leaves [projecting among basal leaves], dense, cylindric; bracts of main axis crowded, [2--]4--9 cm, ovate to narrowly ovate or rectangular; cincinni sessile, 2--7-flowered, enclosed in bracts; bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts. Flowers: calyx short-cylindric, minutely 2--3-toothed, split down one side; corolla tube funnelform, lobes ovate or oblong; filament rectangular, plane; anther enclosed in corolla, base spurred, terminal appendage sometimes present, lingulate; lateral staminodes large, petal-like, lip concave, rounded or 2-fid. Fruits capsule, ellipsoid. x = 11, 21.
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Curcuma alismatifolia
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Curcuma amada
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Curcuma angustifolia
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Curcuma aromatica
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Curcuma australasica
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Curcuma caulina
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Curcuma domestica
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Curcuma gracillima
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Curcuma inodora
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Curcuma longa
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Curcuma ornata
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Curcuma petiolata
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Curcuma picta
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Curcuma roscoeana
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Curcuma zedoaria
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Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (DBI 9983132, BRC 0237418, DBI 0743827, DBI 0847966)
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