Costus malortieanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Costaceae
Genus: Costus
Species: Costus malortieanus

Name

Costus malortieanus H.Wendl., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 19: 30 (1863).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Pyxa malortieana (H.Wendl.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 113 (2009), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Costus elegans Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 52 (1890).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern Amrica
    • Regional: Central America
      • Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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