Costus villosissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

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

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).

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, 2^nd Edition

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Costus villosissimus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Costus villosissimus. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Costus villosissimus. Published online. Accessed: November 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Costus villosissimus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2019.

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