''Molineria'' is a genus of

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s. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the

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Hypoxidaceae Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family. The family consists of four genera totalling s ...

. It is native to

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, the

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Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises the f ...

, and

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., search for "Molineria"Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 271 大叶仙茅 da ye xian mao ''Curculigo capitulata'' (Loureiro) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703. 1891.
/ref> ;Species # '' Molineria capitulata'' (Lour.) Herb. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland; naturalized in Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Argentina, Mauritius, Réunion # '' Molineria crassifolia'' Baker - Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Yunnan, Arunachal Pradesh # '' Molineria gracilis'' Kurz - southern China, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam # '' Molineria latifolia'' (Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton) Herb. ex Kurz - China, Bangladesh, Indochina, Philippines, western Indonesia, Borneo # '' Molineria oligantha'' C.E.C.Fisch. - Assam # '' Molineria prainiana'' Deb - Assam, Bhutan # '' Molineria trichocarpa'' (Wight) N.P.Balakr. - southern India, Sri Lanka

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Hypoxidaceae {{asparagales-stub