Costus villosissimus

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 villosissimus

Name

Costus villosissimus Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 55 (1806).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Costus septimus Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 26 (1817), nom. nud.
    • Costus hirsutus C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 112 (1827).
    • Costus friedrichsenii Petersen, Bot. Tidsskr. 18: 260 (1893).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Honduras; Jamaica; Nicaragua; Panam; Venezuela; Windward Is.
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast

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

References

Primary references

  • Jacquin, N.J. 1800–1809. Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata, ab anno 1800 ad annum 1809 per sex fasciculos edita. 86 pp., index, 138 tt. Typis Mathiae Andreae Schmidt, Viennae Austriae [Vienna]. BHL Reference page. : 55

Vernacular names

English: Spiral Flag


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