《中国植物志》|| 石蒜科 AMARYLLIDACEAE ||石蒜科 AMARYLLIDACEAE ||仙茅属 Curculigo Gaern.

15. 仙茅属——Curculigo Gaertn.
Gaertn. Fruct. et Sem. 1: 63, t. 16. 1788; Pax et Hoffm. in Engl. et Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 15a: 426: 1930; S. C. Chen, 植物分类学报11 (2): 129. 1966——Molineria Colla, Hort. Ripul. App. 2: 331. 1826. ——Forbesia Eckl. Verz. Pflanzensamml. 4. 1827. ——Empodium Salisb. Gen. Pl. 43. 1866.
多年生草本，通常具块状根状茎。叶基生，数枚，革质或纸质，通常披针形，具折扇状脉，有柄或无柄。花茎从叶腋抽出，长或短，直立或俯垂；花两性，通常黄色，单生或排列成总状或穗状花序，有时花序强烈缩短，呈头状或伞房状；花被管存在或无，若存在则在子房顶端延伸而形成近实心的喙；花被裂片6，近一式，展开；雄蕊6，着生于花被裂片基部，一般短于花被裂片；花药基部二裂或不裂，近基着或近背着，2室，纵裂；花丝很短，有时与花药近等长；花柱圆柱形，较纤细，柱头3裂；子房下位，通常被毛，顶端有喙或无喙，3室，中轴胎座；每室胚珠2至多数，常排成二列。果实为浆果，不开裂，种子小，表面常有纵凸纹，具明显凸出的种脐。
本属模式种：仙茅 C. orchioides Gaertn.
约20余种，分布于亚洲、非洲、南美洲和大洋洲的热带以至亚热带地区；我国已知有7种，主要产华南与西南。

《云南植物志》|| 仙茅科 Hypoxidaceae ||仙茅科 Hypoxidaceae ||仙茅属 Curculigo Gaertn.

1.仙茅属 Curculigo Gaertn.
多年生草本，通常具块状根茎。叶基生，数枚或多数，草质或纸质，通常披针形，具折扇状脉，有柄或无柄。花茎生叶腋，长或短，常粗壮，直立或俯垂，花两性，通常黄色，单生，或多数排成总状、穗状、头状花序，花被管存在或无，若存在则在子房顶端延伸而形成近实心的喙；花被裂片6，2轮，近相等，展开，雄蕊6，着生于花被裂片基部，花药基部2裂或不裂，近基着或近背着，2室，纵裂，花丝短，有时与花药近等长；花柱圆柱形，较纤细，柱头3浅裂，子房下位通常被毛，顶端有喙或无喙，3室，中轴胎座，每室胚珠2至多数，倒生，常成2裂。果实为浆果，不开裂，稀开裂；种子小，表面常有纵凸纹，具明显的种脐。
21—22种，主产南半球热带和亚热带地区。北延至我国华南和西南7种；云南4种。

《Flora of China》|| Amaryllidaceae || ||仙茅属 Curculigo

8. Curculigo Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63. 1788.

仙茅属 xian mao shu

Molineria Colla.

Herbs perennial, often with tuberous rhizomes. Leaves several, basal, sessile or petiolate; leaf blade usually lanceolate, plicate, leathery or papery. Flowering stems axillary, erect or apically bent downward, long or short. Inflorescences racemose, spicate, or subcapitate. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Perianth often yellow; segments spreading, subequal, sometimes basally connate into a tube. Stamens inserted at base of perianth segments; anther nearly basifixed or dorsifixed; filament very short, sometimes subequaling anther. Ovary usually hairy; ovules 2 to many. Style columnar, slender; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a berry, indehiscent, apex sometimes beaked; beak (when present) formed by persistent perianth tube. Seeds small, often striped; hilum conspicuous.

About 20 species: tropical and subtropical regions worldwide; seven species (two endemic) in China.

Wu Zhengyi (editor’s note) believes that species nos. 1--4 would be better treated in the genus Molineria which has recently been treated as separate from Curculugo, e.g., by Nordal (in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 3: 294. 1998).