Costus scaber

Costus scaber

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 scaber

Name

Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 2(–3), t. 3. 1798.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Costus anachiri Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 55, t. 78. 1806. (as Costus Anachiri)
  • Costus quintus Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 1: 26. 1817, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Costus ciliatus Miq., Linnaea 18(1): 73(–74). 1844.
    • Typus: Suriname: sine loco; H.C.Focke 123 (holotype: U-0007218).
  • Costus cylindricus var. anachiri (Jacq.) Petersen, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 3(3): 54. 1890.
  • Costus cylindricus var. ciliatus (Miq.) Petersen, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 3(3): 54. 1890.
  • Costus scaberulus Rich. ex Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49(3–4): 99(–100). 1902.
    • Typus: French Guiana: "in umbrosis Sylvis Gabrielis"; L.C.Richard s.n. (holotype: P-00686619).
  • Costus nutans K.Schum., Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 46 (Heft 20): 407. 1904.
    • Typus: Costa Rica, Guanacaste: Aguacate; Sep 1857; C.Hoffmann 727 (holotype: B† [negative 9906 in F]).
  • Costus puchucupango J.F.Macbr., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11(2): 49(–50). 1931.
    • Typus: Peru, Loreto: San Ramón, Yurimaguas, alt. 155–210 m; 4 Nov 1929; Williams 4570 (holotype: F-0041535F).
  • Costus tatei Rusby, Phytologia 1(2): 51(–52). 1934.
    • Typus: Bolivia, La Paz: Cordillera Real, Rio Chimate, alt. 1900 m; 10–14 Apr 1926; Tate 523 (holotype: NY-00320354).

• Misapplied names
  • Costus cylindricus auct. – non Costus cylindricus Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 54. 1806.
  • Costus spicatus auct. – non Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw., Prodr.: 11. 1788.
  • Costus igneus auct. – non Costus igneus N.E.Br., Ill. Hort. 31: 25. 1884.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gagnepain, F. 1902. Zingibéracées nouvelles de l’Herbier du Muséum. Genre Costus. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 49(2): 93–106. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1902.10830904 BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1931. Monocotyledons, mostly Scitamineae. In Spermatophytes, mostly Peruvian — IV. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 11: 41–60. BHL Reference page. 
• Miquel, F.A.G. 1844. Symbolae ad floram surinamensem. Pars I. De Malpighiaceis, Erythroxyleis, Loranthaceis, Musaceis, Cannaceis, Zingiberaceis, Ericauleis, Xyrideis et Aroideis. Linnaea 18: 49–82. BHL Reference page. 
• Petersen, O.G. 1890. Musaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae. Cols. 1–172, tt. 1–50 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†), Eichler, A.G. (†) & Urban, I. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. III, pars III. Fasc. CVII. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 
• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1817. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 1. XXVIII+642 pp. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 
• Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1798. Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis, sive Descriptiones, et icones plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis. Tomus I. VI + 78 pp., tt. 1–106. Typis Gabrielis de Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page. 
• Rusby, H.H. 1934. New species of plants of the Ladew expedition to Bolivia. Phytologia 1: 49–80. BHL Reference page. 
• Schumann, K.M. 1904. Zingiberaceae. In Engler, A. (ed.) Das Pflanzenreich. IV. 46 (Heft 20). 458 pp. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Costaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 248–249. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Maas, H. & Maas, P.J.M. 1998. Costaceae. Pp. 424–430 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 4, Caesalpiniaceae–Ericaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-52-5. Reference page. 
• Maas, H. & Maas, P.J.M. 2007. Costaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 86–87. BHL Reference page. 
• Maas, P.J.M. 1972. Costoideae (Zingiberaceae). (Flora Neotropica, Monograph 8.) 140 pp. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Maas, P.J.M. 1979. Zingiberaceae. Pp. 524–539 in Howard, R.A., Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Vol. 3, Monocotyledoneae. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Maas, P.J.M. 1985. 193. Zingiberaceae (including 194. Costaceae). Pp. 29–67 in Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 1. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein. ISBN 3-87429-255-X. Reference page. 
• Maas, P.J.M. & Maas-van de Kamer, H. 2001. Costaceae Nakai. Pp. 680–685 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 1, Introducción, gimnospermas y angiospermas (Acanthaceae–Euphorbiaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-95-9. Online Reference page. 
• Maas, P.J.M. & Maas-van de Kamer, H. 2003. Costaceae. Pp. 413–423 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. II, Gimnospermas y Monocotiledóneas (Agavaceae–Musaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 1-930723-22-9. BHL Reference page. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1936. 35. Zingiberaceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(1/3): 726–738. BHL Reference page. 
• Morales-Lizcano, G. 1987. Flora de la Real Expedicion Botanica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada (1783–1816) promovida y dirigida por Jose Celestino Mutis. Tomo VI: Liliaceas, Smilacaceas, Haemodoraceas, Hypoxidaceas, Dioscoreaceas, Iridaceas, Burmanniaceas, Xyridaceas, Eriocaulaceas, Musaceas, Zingiberaceas, Cannaceas y Marantaceas. IX+64 pp., 68 tt. Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, Madrid. ISBN 84-7232-431-1. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Vovides, A.P. 1993. Zingiberaceae. In Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes, Fasc. 18. 14 pp. Instituto de Ecología A.C., Centro Regional del Bajío, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Vovides, A.P. 1994. Costaceae. In Flora de Veracruz, Fasc. 78. 13 pp. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz; University of California, Riverside, CA, USA. ISBN 968-7213-54-X. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Costus scaber. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Costus scaber in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 06 02. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Costus scaber.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Costus scaber in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-06-02.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Costus scaber. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Costus scaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Costus scaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Costus scaber in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Costus scaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Costus scaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Costus scaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Costus scaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Costus scaber in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 02 June 2018.
• Costus scaber in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 02 June 2018.

Note:

The name Costus scaber has also been applied to Costus curvibracteatus and Costus guanaiensis var. macrostrobilus, the name Costus nutans to Costus lasius.

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