Costus spectabilis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 422 (1892).

Basionym
- Cadalvena spectabilis Fenzl, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 2, 51(2): 139 (1865).
Homotypic
- Kaempferia spectabilis (Fenzl) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 297 (1898).
Heterotypic
- Costus pistiifolius K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 424 (1892).
- Cadalvena pistiifolia (K.Schum.) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 297 (1898).
- Cadalvena dalzielii C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 195 (1912).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Costus spectabilis 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 spectabilis. 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 spectabilis. Published online. Accessed: November 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Costus spectabilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2019.

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