Curculigo capitulata

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Curculigo
Species: Curculigo capitulata
Name

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze, 1891
Synonyms

Basionym
Leucojum capitulatum Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 199 (1790).
Homotypic
Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 84 (1837).
Heterotypic
Curculigo recurvata W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 2: 253 (1811).
Curculigo sumatrana Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 24 (1814).
Molineria plicata Colla, Hortus Ripul., App. 2: 333 (1826).
Molineria recurvata (W.T.Aiton) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 84 (1837).
Molineria sumatrana (Roxb.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 84 (1837).
Molineria sulcata Kurz, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 175 (1869).
Curculigo recurvata var. variegatea W.Bull, J. Hort. Pract. Gard. 19: 127 (1870).
Curculigo foliis-variegatis Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1882(Printemps): 12 (1882).
Tupistra esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot, Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 349 (1906).
Curculigo glabra Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 267 (1907).
Veratrum mairei H.Lév., Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 25: 39 (1915).
Molineria hortensis Britton in N.L.Britton & P.Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 161 (1924).
Curculigo fuziwarae Yamam., Contrib. Fl. Kainan. 1: 31 (1934).
Curculigo strobiliformis D.Fang & D.H.Qin, Guihaia 16: 3 (1996).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Indian subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet
Regional: China
China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Southeastern Asia
Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Queensland
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, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 703

Additional references

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

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Curculigo capitulata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Curculigo capitulata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Curculigo capitulata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Curculigo capitulata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 23 2022.

Vernacular names
English: palm-grass
español: Palma crepe
中文: 船仔草