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|accepted_name=Curcuma
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 2. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 3, 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Hidden-lily
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Curcuma
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Curcuma]]</div></div>
|etymology=the name in some East Indian language
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="pseudostem presence"><b>Pseudostems </b>absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="inflorescence density;inflorescence shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>from rhizome branch without basal leaves [projecting among basal leaves], dense, cylindric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="axis bract arrangement;axis bract atypical some measurement;axis bract some measurement;axis bract shape">bracts of main axis crowded, [2–] 4–9 cm, ovate to narrowly ovate or rectangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cincinnus architecture;cincinnus architecture">cincinni sessile, 2–7-flowered, enclosed in bracts;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole size;bracteole prominence;bracteole prominence">bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="calyx shape;calyx shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx short-cylindric, minutely 2–3-toothed, split down one side;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="lobe shape;lobe shape">corolla-tube funnelform, lobes ovate or oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament shape;filament shape">filament rectangular, plane;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="base architecture or shape;terminal appendage presence;terminal appendage shape">anther enclosed in corolla, base spurred, terminal appendage sometimes present, lingulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lateral staminode size;lateral staminode shape;lip shape;lip shape;lip shape">lateral staminodes large, petallike, lip concave, rounded or 2-fid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsule, ellipsoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 11, 21.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;native;s Asia;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 50 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Curcuma
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Zingiberaceae
|distribution=North America;native;s Asia;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
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|genus=Curcuma
|axis bract arrangement=crowded
|axis bract atypical some measurement=2cm;4cm
|axis bract shape=ovate;narrowly ovate or rectangular
|axis bract some measurement=4cm;9cm
|base architecture or shape=spurred
|bracteole prominence=hidden;inconspicuous
|bracteole size=small
|calyx shape=2-3-toothed;short-cylindric
|cincinnus architecture=2-7-flowered;sessile
|filament shape=plane;rectangular
|fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid
|inflorescence density=dense
|inflorescence shape=cylindric
|lateral staminode shape=petal-like
|lateral staminode size=large
|lip shape=2-fid;rounded;concave
|lobe shape=oblong;ovate
|pseudostem presence=absent
|terminal appendage presence=absent
|terminal appendage shape=lingulate
|x chromosome quantity=21;11
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