Genus Curcuma L.


Summary
Genus number:
3187
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Zingiberoideae
Tribe:
Zingibereae
Accession count:

30 (18  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Probable synonym(s)

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References:
  1. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). Note: http://www.ishs.org/sci/icralist/63.htm
  2. Záveská, E. et al. 2012. Phylogeny of Curcuma (Zingiberaceae) based on plastid and nuclear sequences: proposal of the new subgenus Ecomata. Taxon 61:747-763.
  3. Záveská, E. et al. 2016. Hybridization among distantly related species: Examples from the polyploid genus Curcuma (Zingiberaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 100:302-321.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3187. Accessed 17 April 2026.