PLANTS Profile for Curculigo capitulata (palm-grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
palm-grass

Symbol:

CUCA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

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Photo of Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Puerto Rico, Luquillo Mountains. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

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Synonyms:
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

MOCA8

Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herbert

Distribution:
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze


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Related Taxa:
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 3 species in Curculigo

Classification:
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Curculigo Gaertn. – curculigo
Species	Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze – palm-grass

Introduced Information:
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501843.

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 12:59 AM MDT