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As classified in WFO snapshot

May 2019

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Curcuma longa L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1:2. (1753); Lectotypified in: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 157. (2008) by Leong-Škorničková J., Šída O., Wijesundara S. & Marhold K.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000365771.

Synonyms of Curcuma longa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amomum curcuma Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 5 1776 wfo-0000338967
Curcuma brog Valeton Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II, 27: 48 1918 wfo-0000365458
Curcuma domestica Valeton Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II, 27: 31 1918 wfo-0000365547
Curcuma ochrorhiza Valeton Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II, 27: 45 1918 wfo-0000365840
Curcuma soloensis Valeton Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II, 27: 46 1918 wfo-0000366055
Kua domestica Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 396 1790 wfo-0000453641
Stissera curcuma Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 249 1792 wfo-0000561751
Curcuma tinctoria Guibourt Hist. Nat. Drog. Simpl. 2: 208 1876 wfo-0000811189
Curcuma longa var. vanaharidra Velay., Pandrav., J.K.George & Varapr. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 33: 173 2009 wfo-0000920568
Stissera curcuma Raeusch. wfo-0001146282