Biology:Curcuma roscoeana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus: | Curcuma |
| Species: | C. roscoeana
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - Sorting Curcuma names". Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100609122912/http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Curcuma.html. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. Timber Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-0-88192-585-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=WxW4Scq6kU8C&q=roscoeana. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ornamental Gingers as Flowering Potted Plants". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718211352/http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/ABEF9350-D68F-4129-BA78-A9310212FDE7/9090/OFAGinger.pdf. 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)". Taxon 59 (1): 269–282. doi:10.1002/tax.591025. http://ibot.sav.sk/karolx/PDF_files/curcuma_taxon2010.pdf. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3927223 entry
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