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capitulata

Taxon

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

Protologue Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 125.jpg

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 125.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 123.jpg

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 123.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 120.jpg

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 120.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 119.jpg

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 119.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 124.jpg

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 124.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 121.jpg

Curculigo capitulata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 121.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

December 6, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)

4.018898, 9.197624

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Hypoxidaceae

Genus

Curculigo

Specific Epithet

capitulata

Authorship

(Lour.) Kuntze

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#120,188 of 335,497

Top 36%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →