Curcuma Rhomba
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''Curcuma rhomba'' is a monocotyledonous plant species described by
John Donald Mood John Donald Mood (November 15, 1945) is a Danish botanist. As of October 2010, He has more than 44 records of identifications and classifications of new species. He regularly publishes in: Nordic J. Bot .; Novon; Reinwardtia; Fl. Thailand; Dansk ...
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Kai Larsen Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012) was a Danish botanist. Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of T ...
. ''Curcuma rhomba'' is part of the genus ''
Curcuma ''Curcuma'' () is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae that contains such species as turmeric and Siam tulip. They are native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea and northern Australia. Some species are ...
'' and the family
Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Af ...
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Range

''Curcuma rhomba'' is found in Indo-China.Kew Science: Plants of the World Online - Curcuma rhomba
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References

Mood & K.Larsen, 2001 ''In: New Plantsman 8: 217'' rhomba {{Zingiberales-stub