Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. vs CURCUMA L. with C. rotundifolia L. as the type. See proposal to conserve by B.L.Burtt, Taxon 30 (1981) 358–361 and recommendation on conservation in Taxon 33 (1984) 706.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 3 [secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von (1821), Phanerogams. Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 1, 1: 246 [secondary reference]

• Type: Curcuma longa L.

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, J.D. (ed.) (1867), Botanical Magazine 93: t. 5620 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 114 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 539 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1180 [secondary reference]

Smith, R.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Zingiberaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 22-23 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld (native and doubtfully naturalised)

Larsen, K., Lock, J.M., Maas, H & Maas, P.J.M. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Zingiberaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 484 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 564 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 239 [secondary reference]

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