Costus guanaiensis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Zingiberales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Costaceae
Genus: Costus
Species: Costus guanaiensis
Subspecies: C. g. subsp. guanaiensis – C. g. subsp. macrostrobilus – C. g. subsp. tarmicus

Name

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Costus guanaiensis Rusby, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 694 (1902).

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Costus sinningiiflorus Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 219 (1927).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Guyana; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Puerto Rico; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela
    • Regional: Northern America
      • Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest

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

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