Curculigo

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Curculigo
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Curculigo orchioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Curculigo
Gaertn. (1788)
Synonyms [1]
  • AurotaRaf. (1837)
  • FranquevilleaZoll. ex Miq. (1859)
  • FriedmanniaKocyan & Wiland (2016), nom. illeg.
  • HeliacmeRavenna (2003)
  • HypoxidiaF.Friedmann (1985)
  • MolineriaColla (1826)
  • NeofriedmanniaKocyan & Wiland (2017)

[2] Curculigo is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1788. It is widespread across tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. [3] [4]

Contents

Curculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of Curculigo latifolia, [5] a plant from Malaysia. Like miraculin, curculin exhibits taste-modifying activity; however, unlike miraculin, it also exhibits a sweet taste by itself. After consumption of curculin, water and sour solutions taste sweet. The plant is referred to locally as lembah or lumbah; English: 'weevil-wort'. [6]

Species

Plants of the World Online [1] includes:

  1. Curculigo annamitica Gagnep. – Vietnam
  2. Curculigo breviscapa S.C.Chen – China (Guangxi, Guangdong)
  3. Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
  4. Curculigo conoc Gagnep. – Vietnam
  5. Curculigo crassifolia (Baker) Hook.f.
  6. Curculigo disticha Gagnep. – Vietnam
  7. Curculigo ensifolia R.Br. – Australia
  8. Curculigo erecta Lauterb. – Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  9. Curculigo fabrei Hul
  10. Curculigo fakimensis (Odyuo, D.K.Roy & Khamdi) Christenh. & Byng
  11. Curculigo gracilis (Kurz) Wall. ex Hook.f.
  12. Curculigo janarthanamii R.D. Gore & S.P.Gaikwad – India [7]
  13. Curculigo latifolia Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton
  14. Curculigo maharashtrensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
  15. Curculigo maheensis (F.Friedmann) Christenh. & Byng
  16. Curculigo oligantha (C.E.C.Fisch.) Bennet & Raizada
  17. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. – China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia
  18. Curculigo pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. – tropical Africa, Madagascar
  19. Curculigo prainiana (Deb) Bennet & Raizada
  20. Curculigo racemosa Ridl. – Borneo
  21. Curculigo rhizophylla (Baker) T.Durand & Schinz
  22. Curculigo sabui S.P. Gaikwad & Gore – India [8]
  23. Curculigo savantwadiensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
  24. Curculigo scorzonerifolia (Lam.) Baker – southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
  25. Curculigo seychellensis Bojer ex Baker – Seychelles
  26. Curculigo sinensis S.C.Chen – China (Yunnan)
  27. Curculigo tonkinensis Gagnep. – Vietnam
  28. Curculigo trichocarpa (Wight) Bennet & Raizada

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References

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  2. Yousif, Ragheed Hussam, et al. "Exploring the Molecular Interactions between Neoculin and the Human Sweet Taste Receptors through Computational Approaches." Sains Malaysiana 49.3 (2020): 517-525. APA
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 271 仙茅属 xian mao shu Curculigo Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63. 1788.
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  8. S.P.Gaikwad & Gore (2019) Nordic J. Bot. 37(7)-e02340: 2.