Synonyms:

• (≡) Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
• (=) Curculigo recurvata W. T. Aiton
• Basionym: Leucojum capitulatum Lour.

Common names:

• palm-grass  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• weevil-lily  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• snabellilja  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

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

Distributional Range:

Native

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.)]


Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- (F China)
3. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980- (F Aust)
4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984- (F Bhutan)
5. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
7. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=410132. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.