Curcuma glauca

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Curcuma glauca is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Myanmar.[1] The plant, which is called malaphu (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in Burmese cuisine.[2]

Curcuma glauca
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Genus: Curcuma
Species:
C. glauca
Binomial name
Curcuma glauca
(Wall.) Škorničk. (2015)
Synonyms[1]
  • Curcuma glaucophylla Wall. (1832), nom. nud.
  • Dischema glaucum (Wall.) Voigt (1845)
  • Hitchenia glauca Wall. (1834 publ. 1835)

Taxonomy

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The species was first described as Hitchenia glauca by Nathaniel Wallich in 1835.[1] The genus Hitchenia has now been subsumed into Curcuma,[3] with some species now included in other genera.[4]

Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae , but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škorničk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "ဆေးဖက်ဝင်တဲ့ မာလာဖူး ရဲ့ အကျိုးအာနိသင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  3. ^ Hitchenia Wall. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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