Curcuma longa L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 466

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Curcuma longa Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 2. 1753 View Cited Treatment , typ. cons.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 13.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Hermann 3: 5, No. 7 ( BM) ; Herb. Linn. No. 7.4 ( LINN) ; [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 208, 209. 1687.

Generitype of Curcuma Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Curcuma longa L. View in CoL ( Zingiberaceae ).

Note: Although Curcuma is conserved, with C. longa as its conserved type, the type of C. longa is itself uncertain. Merrill (Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 163. 1917) said that it was "based wholly on Curcuma radice longa Herm. ", but this comprises an illustration and a specimen, both of which were similarly treated as type by Burtt & Smith (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 185. 1972). Burtt & Smith treated C. longa as a nomen dubium in line with earlier authors such as Valeton, Alston etc., based on difficulties in identification.