Accession Data

Costus afer

Family: Costaceae

Country of Origin: Trop. Africa

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900143

Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3314

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994671

Provenance:

Kress# 3683
ex hort., Archer, Florida, United States

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Costaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  3. BGCI ThreatSearch. Last accessed on Friday, 28 June, 2019.
  4. Maas-van de Kamer, H.; Maas, P.J.M.; Wieringa, J.J.; Specht, C.D. Monograph of African Costaceae, Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 61, Number 3, 2016, pp. 280-318(39) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694445
  5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

Images

Costus afer
Costus afer