Curcuma is a genus of about 80 accepted species in the plant family Zingiberaceae that contains such species as turmeric and Siam Tulip. Since assembly of the genus Curcuma by Linne in 1753 about 130 species have been described so far. Some of the species description are without latin diagnosis or type speciem, thus the legitimate name of many species is suspicious and remain unclear. Image File history File links Source: List of Koehler Images Copyright expired due to age of image Source: from Koehlers Medicinal-Plants 1887 File links The following pages link to this file: Zedoary ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Families see text The Zingiberales are an order of flowering plants that includes many familiar plants like ginger, cardamom, turmeric, myoga, and also banana and arrowroot. ... Subdivisions Subfamily Siphonochiloideae Tribe Siphonochileae Siphonochilus Subfamily Tamijioideae Tribe Tamijieae Tamijia Subfamily Alpinioideae Tribe Alpinieae Aframomum Alpinia - galangal Amomum Aulotandra Cyphostigma Elettaria - cardamom Elettariopsis Etlingera Geocharis Geostachys Hornstedtia Leptosolena Paramomum Plagiostachys Renealmia Siliquamomum (Incertae Sedis) Vanoverberghia Tribe Riedelieae Burbidgea Pleuranthodium Riedelia Siamanthus Subfamily Zingiberoideae Tribe Zingibereae Boesenbergia Camptandra Caulokaempferia (Incertae... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Subdivisions Subfamily Siphonochiloideae Tribe Siphonochileae Siphonochilus Subfamily Tamijioideae Tribe Tamijieae Tamijia Subfamily Alpinioideae Tribe Alpinieae Aframomum Alpinia - galangal Amomum Aulotandra Cyphostigma Elettaria - cardamom Elettariopsis Etlingera Geocharis Geostachys Hornstedtia Leptosolena Paramomum Plagiostachys Renealmia Siliquamomum (Incertae Sedis) Vanoverberghia Tribe Riedelieae Burbidgea Pleuranthodium Riedelia Siamanthus Subfamily Zingiberoideae Tribe Zingibereae Boesenbergia Camptandra Caulokaempferia (Incertae... Binomial name Curcuma longa Linnaeus Turmeric (Curcuma longa, also known as tumeric) is a spice commonly used in curries and other South Asian cooking. ... Binomial name Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. ...
Species
Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. (1810).
Curcuma albiflora Thwaites (1861).
Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. (1903) : Siam tulip
Curcuma amada Roxb. (1810).
Curcuma amarissima Roscoe (1826).
Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. (1810).
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (1808): wild turmeric
Curcuma attenuata Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker (1890).
Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp (1915).
Curcuma australasica Hook.f. (1867).
Curcuma bakeriana Hemsl. (1892).
Curcuma bicolor Mood & K.Larsen (2001).
Curcuma burttii K.Larsen & R.M.Sm. (1978).
Curcuma caesia Roxb. (1810).
Curcuma ceratotheca K.Schum. (1899).
Curcuma chuanezhu Z.Y. Zhu (1990), nomen illegit.
Curcuma chuanhuangjiang Z.Y. Zhu (1990), nomen illegit.
Curcuma chuanyujin C.K. Hsieh & H. Zhang (1990).
Curcuma cochinchinensis Gagnep. (1907).
Curcuma codonantha Skornick. (2003).
Curcuma coerulea K. Schum. in H.G.A. Engler (ed.) (1904).
Curcuma colorata Valeton (1918).
Curcuma comosa Roxb. (1810).
Curcuma coriacea Mangaly & M. Sabu (1988 publ. 1989).
Curcuma decipiens Dalzell (1850).
Curcuma ecalcarata Sivar. & Balach. (1983).
Curcuma ecomata Craib (1912).
Curcuma elata Roxb. (1820).
Curcuma exigua N.Liu (1987).
Curcuma ferruginea Roxb. (1810).
Curcuma flaviflora S.Q.Tong (1986).
Curcuma glans K.Larsen & Mood (2001).
Curcuma gracillima Gagnep. (1903).
Curcuma grandiflora Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker (1892).
Curcuma rubrobracteata Skornick., M. Sabu & Prasanthk. (2003).
Curcuma sichuanensis X.X. Chen (1984).
Curcuma singularis Gagnep. (1907).
Curcuma sparganiifolia Gagnep. (1903).
Curcuma stenochila Gagnep. (1903).
Curcuma strobilifera Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker (1890).
Curcuma sulcata Haines (1923).
Curcuma sumatrana Miq. (1861).
Curcuma sylvatica Valeton (1918).
Curcuma thalakaveriensis Velayudhan et al. (1991).
Curcuma thorelii Gagnep. (1907).
Curcuma trichosantha Gagnep. (1907).
Curcuma vamana M. Sabu & Mangaly (1987 publ. 1988).
Curcuma vellanikkarensis K.C. Velayudhan et al. (1994), nomen illegit.
Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen & C. Ling, (1981).
Curcuma wenchowensis Y.H. Chen & C. Ling, (1975), nomen illegit.
Curcuma yunnanensis N. Liu & S.J. Chen (1987).
Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe (1807) : zedoary, temu lawak
Binomial name Curcuma longa Linnaeus Turmeric (Curcuma longa, also known as tumeric) is a spice commonly used in curries and other South Asian cooking. ... Binomial name Curcuma zedoaria (Christm. ...
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Aqueous extracts of Curcuma longa had showed antidepressant effects in vivo in immobility reduction in the tail suspension test and the forced swimming test in mice by inhibiting the brain monoamine oxidize A at the dose of 140 mg/kg and MAO B at a dose of 560 mg/kg.
Curcuma xanthorrhiza decreased serum triglycerides and phospholipids, and liver cholesterol and fatty acid synthase, and increased serum HDL-cholesterol and apo A-I in rats Yasni 1993
Decoction of Curcuma zedoaria increases the spike area, the duration & the number of bursts of action potentials of the rat uterine smooth muscle and its mechanisms may be associated with M-receptor and alpha-receptor.[Article in Chinese].
Curcumas are the unimaginable world of hidden gingers, which get its name from some of the varieties because they bare there flowers on short stalks amid its foliage.
A new introduction, this is the darkest color of all of the curcumas, with a deep intense rich burgundy red top glided down to spire cup bracts of yellow and green which emerge pretty yellow inflorescence which cover the bracts.
A wonderful hybrid with multicoloured inflorescence of burnt orange, yellow, green and red, inflorescence size is 10 to 12" and 4" in diameter on a 3 to 4 plant.
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