| Curcuma glauca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zingiberoideae |
| Tribe: | Zingibereae |
| Genus: | Curcuma |
| Species: | C. glauca
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| Binomial name | |
| Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škorničk. (2015)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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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
Taxonomy
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
- Hitchenia careyana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker = Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood
- Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker = Curcuma caulina J.Graham
- Hitchenia musacea Baker = Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.
- Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f. = Curcuma roscoeana Wall.
Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae, but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.
References
References
- Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škorničk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- "ဆေးဖက်ဝင်တဲ့ မာလာဖူး ရဲ့ အကျိုးအာနိသင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- Hitchenia Wall. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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