Curculigo

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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