Curcuma myanmarensis is a species of monocotyledonous flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Myanmar (Burma).[1]

Curcuma myanmarensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Curcuma
Species:
C. myanmarensis
Binomial name
Curcuma myanmarensis
(W.J.Kress) Škorničk. (2015)
Synonyms[1]

Smithatris myanmarensis W.J.Kress (2003)

The species was first described as Smithatris myanmarensis by Walter John Emil Kress in 2003.[2][3][4] It was renamed Curcuma myanmarensis in 2015, when the genus Smithatris was subsumed into the larger genus Curcuma.[1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Curcuma myanmarensis (W.J.Kress) Škorničk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ W.J.Kress, 2003 In: Novon 13: 68
  3. ^ a b Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ^ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families