Costus asplundii

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Family: Costaceae

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Country of Origin: S. Colombia to Peru

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994702

Provenance:

Kress# 3707
ex hort. - Division given to Liu Nian of South China Botanical Garden Academia Sinica on 14 Oct. 1999. 
00-6702 vouchered 21 Apr 2000. 
cutting given to Dave Skinner 3 Ap.01. 
Plant given to USBG 17 Sept01

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
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• Family: Costaceae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
3. 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 Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.

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