Curcuma roscoeana

Curcuma roscoeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Genus:	Curcuma
Species:	C. roscoeana
Binomial name
	Curcuma roscoeana; Wall.

Curcuma roscoeana (also known as jewel of Burma,^[1]^[2] orange ginger, orange hidden ginger,^[1] pride of Burma^[1] or Burmese hidden lily^[2]) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family.

It is native to Burma, India, Southeast Asia and Malaysia; its wild habitat is threatened.^[2]

Average height 2–3 feet.^[2]^[3] Flowers cone-shaped, bright orange or yellow, 4-5 inches.^[2]^[3] Blooms summer, fall.^[2] Bracts peach-orange to dark read-orange.^[2] Leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, light green, with darker veins, up to 12 inches long.^[2]

It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant for its beautiful flowers.^[3] It is one of the most popular curcumas.^[2]

Synonyms include: Curcuma kurzii King ex Baker; Curcuma coccinea Wall. ex Baker, nom. nud.; Hitchenia roscoeana Wall.; Hitcheniopsis roscoeana Wall.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - Sorting Curcuma names". Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. Timber Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-0-88192-585-2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Maria del Pilar Paz; Jeff S. Kuehny; Richard A. Criley. "Ornamental Gingers as Flowering Potted Plants" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
^ Jana Leong-Škorničková; Otakar Šída; Karol Marhold (February 2010). "Back to types! Towards stability of names in Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae)" (PDF). Taxon. 59 (1): 269–282. doi:10.1002/tax.591025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

External links

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[curcuma.names-1] "Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - Sorting Curcuma names". Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[tropical.plants-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. Timber Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-0-88192-585-2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[ornamental.gingers-3] Maria del Pilar Paz; Jeff S. Kuehny; Richard A. Criley. "Ornamental Gingers as Flowering Potted Plants" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[curcuma.taxon-4] Jana Leong-Škorničková; Otakar Šída; Karol Marhold (February 2010). "Back to types! Towards stability of names in Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae)" (PDF). Taxon. 59 (1): 269–282. doi:10.1002/tax.591025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

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