Molineria capitulata

Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae 84 1837. (Syn: Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze; Curculigo foliis-variegatis Pynaert; Curculigo fuziwarae Yamam.; Curculigo glabra Merr.; Curculigo recurvata W.T.Aiton; Curculigo recurvata var. variegatea W.Bull; Curculigo strobiliformis D.Fang & D.H.Qin; Curculigo sumatrana Roxb.; Leucojum capitulatum Lour.; Molineria hortensis Britton; Molineria plicata Colla; Molineria recurvata (Dryand.) Herb.; Molineria sulcata Kurz; Molineria sumatrana (Roxb.) Herb.; Tupistra esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Veratrum mairei H.Lév.);

Argentina Northeast; Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; China Southeast; Colombia; Cuba; Dominican Republic; East Himalaya; El Salvador; Guatemala; Hainan; Honduras; India; Jawa; Laos; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Mauritius; Mexico Central; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Myanmar; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Nicaragua; Nicobar Is.; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Runion; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Tibet; Trinidad-Tobago; Vietnam; Windward Is. as per Catalogue of Life;

Palm Grass, Weevil lily ;

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A stout herb. Rhizomes are tuberous, thick, with creeping, slender stolons. Leaves are often 4-7, carried on stalks 30–80 cm long. Leaf-blade is oblong-lanceshaped to suboblong, 40-90 x 5-14 cm, pleated papery, sometimes velvety, margin entire, tip long-pointed. Flowering stems are short, only 15-30 cm, brown hairy. Flower-racemes are nodding, head-like to subovoid, 2.5-5 cm, densely many flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 cm, hairy. Flower-stalks are about 7 mm. Flowers are yellow with ovate-oblong petals about 8 x 3.5-4 mm, tip blunt. Outer petals are hairy above, inner ones hairy above on midvein or at base of midvein. Stamens are 5-6 mm, filament less than 1 mm; anther linear, about 5 mm. Ovary is subglobose to oblong, hairy. Style are longer than stamens, slender; stigma subcapitate. Berry is white, nearly round, 4-5 mm in diameter, beakless. Seeds are black with irregular stripes.

(Attributions- Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project- from India Biodiversity Portal)

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Curculigo capitulata.: 2 images.

Attached are photo of the plant Curculigo captitulata.

Botanical Name: Curculigo capitulata (syn. Molineria capitulata)
Common Name: Palm Grass
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Location: Horticulture Department, Hiranandani, Powaii (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Date: 09-06-2011

Curculigo is a genus of about 20 species spread across the tropical and subtropical region.
This particular plant, C. capitulata is commonly called “Palm Grass” due to the leaves bearing a similar appearance to that of a palm.

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Flora of Panipat: Molineria capitulata from deepak nursery Panipat Haryana:
Pics taken on 11-8-11 from Deepak Nursery Panipat– Alt 220 Mt

Garden Plant also called as Ammra Palm or motha Palm
Molineria capitulata
Family Hypoxidaceae
Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb.

Synonyms

Leucojum capitulatum Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 199(1790), Type: ?. Curculigo recurvata W.TAiton, Hortus Kew 2nd edn 2: 253(1811), Type: cult. Hort. Kew ex Bengal, 1805; holo: ?. Molineria plicata Colla, Hortus Ripul.:
331-3(1824),

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Garden plant from Delhi – TQ-Delhi-02:
A common garden plant, mainly grown for its leaves, seen blooming in a nursery in Delhi, in April.
The flowers emerge from the base of the plant.
Please identify.

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…, it may be Molineria capitulata (Palm grass) of Hypoxidaceae.

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Thanks for your quick reply which is bull’s eye! I had been killing myself exploring Zingiberacea and Marantaceae.
Interestingly, it is a native of NE India.

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Thanks … for this ID. I was going to write “Looks like some miniature palm.”, based on the leaves. Thanks my palm (though only part of common name, though botanically distant) was correct.

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Yes this is very often even sold as palm but its a Curculigo, now transfered to Molineria.
I recently met some one who had been working on Curculigo group since long.

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Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb. ??? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

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I also think these match with images at Molineria capitulata

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238 ID wild plant Curculigo: 14 images.

Only a suggestion, though not sure : Please also check for Molineria species.

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Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze ??

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Yes, it is Molineria sp. dear …, thank you for ID my plant. Only basal inflorescence, anyway no axillary racemose. Further observation needs to confirm for peduncle (not visible in the present images).

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Yes, it appears close to images at Molineria capitulata
But flowering time appears a bit different from the observations herein.

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Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze from Jammu-GS14102023-1: 3 images.
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
Photographed from Jammu, J & K, October 13, 2023.

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Regarding identification of the sp. collected from Koraput Odisha on May 24: 2 high res. images.

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Curculigo orchioides

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This looks different as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/22/curculigo-orchioides/

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Please check Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze syn: Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb.
https://powo.science.kew.org/names:64141-1
https://www.gbif.org/species/5325471

Yes, appears close as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/09/10/molineria-capitulata/

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Arecacae member from Assam KD 01, Sept’24: 2 images.
Attached images are Arecaceae member from Assam. Please ID the species.
Date : 12.02.24
Location: Assam
Family : Arecaceae
Genus & species :  ??
Habit :
Flower : Not seen

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It looks like Curculigo, Hypoxidaceae.

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References:

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