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|accepted_name=Curcuma
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 2. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 3, 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Hidden-lily
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Curcuma
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Curcuma]]</div></div>
|etymology=the name in some East Indian language
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Pseudostems </b>absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> from rhizome branch without basal leaves [projecting among basal leaves], dense, cylindric; bracts of main axis crowded, [2–]4–9 cm, ovate to narrowly ovate or rectangular; cincinni sessile, 2–7-flowered, enclosed in bracts; bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx short-cylindric, minutely 2–3-toothed, split down one side; corolla tube funnelform, lobes ovate or oblong; filament rectangular, plane; anther enclosed in corolla, base spurred, terminal appendage sometimes present, lingulate; lateral staminodes large, petal-like, lip concave, rounded or 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> capsule, ellipsoid. <b>x</b> = 11, 21.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;native;s Asia;Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 50 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|authority=Linnaeus
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|parent rank=family
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|family=Zingiberaceae
|distribution=North America;native;s Asia;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
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|genus=Curcuma
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