Curcuma rubrobracteata   Skornickova & M. Sabu

Described from Mizoram, N.E. India. This taxon, within its genus, is unique in a few characters. It differs from all other known species not only by having creeping rhizomes, bright red bracts with no distinct coma and inflorescence, but especially by position of its inflorescence. This gorgeous species is named in correspondence with the red bracts of its spike..