Curculigo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Curculigo
Species: C. annamitica – C. breviscapa – C. capitulata – C. conoc – C. crassifolia – C. disticha – C. ensifolia – C. erecta – C. fabrei – C. fakimensis – C. gracilis – C. janarthanamii – C. latifolia – C. maharashtrensis – C. maheensis – C. oligantha – C. orchioides – C. pilosa – C. prainiana – C. racemosa – C. rizophylla – C. sabui – C. savantwadiensis – C. scorzonerifolia – C. seychellensis – C. sinensis – C. tonkinensis – C. trichcarpa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Curculigo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 23. Reference page.

Name

Curculigo Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63 (1788).

Type species: Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63 (1788).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Molineria Colla, Hortus Ripul., App. 2: 333 (1826).
- Aurota Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 61 (1837).
- Franquevillea Zoll. ex Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 586 (1859).
- Hypoxidia F.Friedmann, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984: 454 (1985).
- Heliacme Ravenna, Onira 8: 5 (2003).
- Friedmannia Kocyan & Wiland, Phytotaxa 283: 60 (2016).
- Neofriedmannia Kocyan & Wiland, Phytotaxa 291(3): 239 (2017).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Mauritius (introduced), Madagascar, Réunion (introduced), Seychelles.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands, Marianas.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast (introduced), Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador (introduced), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic (introduced), Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil North.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast.

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

References

Primary references

Gaertner, J. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. 384 pp, LXXIX pl. Stuttgart: Typis Academiae Carolinae. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Curculigo in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Curculigo. 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. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Curculigo. Published online. Accessed: Jan 23 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: ظيون
čeština: zobatec
فارسی: ظيون
polski: Czużyca
Tiếng Việt: Chi Cồ nốc
中文: 仙茅属

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