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Curcuma Bicolor
''Curcuma bicolor'' is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family. It was first described by John Donald Mood and Kai Larsen. Range ''Curcuma bicolor'' is native to Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa .... References Mood & K.Larsen, 2001 ''In: New Plantsman 8: 216'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q15326912 bicolor ...
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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 Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Many of the family's species are important ornamental, spice In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, Bark (botany), bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of pl ..., or medicinal plants. Ornamental genera include the shell gingers ('' Alpinia''), Siam or summer tulip ('' Curcuma alismatifolia''), '' Globba'', ginger lily ('' Hedychium''), '' Kaempferia'', torch-ginger '' Etlingera elatior'', '' Renealmia'', and ginger ('' Zingiber''). Spices include ginger ('' Zingiber''), galangal or Thai ginger ('' Alpinia galanga'' and others), melegueta pepper ('' Aframo ...
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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 Bot. Ark .; Kong. Danske Vidensk. Selsk., Biol. Skr .; Congratulations. Vol. Southeast Asian Stud .; New Plantsman; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh; Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc .; Biol. Meddel. K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk .; Bot. Tidsskr. Publications Journals Mood, J, K Larsen.''New Curcumas from South-east Asia'' 2001 New Plantsman, vol. 8, pp. 207-217 Books ''A folk botany of Guam: an ethnobotanical study of the Guamanian-Chamorro'' 1976, Ed. University of Guam University of Guam () (U.O.G.) is a public university, public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level and ele ... References {{DEFAULTSOR ...
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Kai Larsen
Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012) was a Denmark, Danish botanist. Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at University of Aarhus, Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of Thailand, advisor to Flora of China (series), Flora of China and executive member of Flora Malesiana. He edited several exsiccata, exsiccatae, among others ''Flora Germanica exsiccata Schleswig-Holstein''.Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 ''IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae''. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Research *SE Asian flora region, particularly Thailand, Malaysia and Indo-China. Revisions of several families e. g. ''Caesalpiniaceae'', ''Caryophyllaceae'', and ''Lowiaceae'' for several of the regional floras. * ...
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spans . Thailand Template:Borders of Thailand, is bordered to the northwest by Myanmar, to the northeast and east by Laos, to the southeast by Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the state capital and List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, largest city. Tai peoples, Thai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 6th to 11th centuries. Greater India, Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon kingdoms, Mon, Khmer Empire, and Monarchies of Malaysia, Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states s ...
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