Taxon: Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb.

• the 6 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• palm-grass   (Source: Dict Gard [as Curculigo capitulata]) – English
  
• weevil-lily   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• snabellilja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Aust; Eur Gard F, as Curculigo capitulata)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian [s.], Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [s.]
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.e.]; Nepal; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Indochina; Myanmar
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland [n.e.]

• also cultivated in tropics

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [= Curculigo capitulata (Herb.) Kuntze].
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [= Curculigo capitulata (Herb.) Kuntze].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [= Curculigo capitulata (Herb.) Kuntze].
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [= Curculigo capitulata (Herb.) Kuntze].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Molineria capitulata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Molineria capitulata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Molineria capitulata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (=) Curculigo recurvata W. T. Aiton
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (≡) Leucojum capitulatum Lour. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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