Accession Data
Costus spectabilis
Family: Costaceae
Country of Origin: Trop. Africa
Description: Costus spectabilis can be recognized by its four horizontally spreading leaves forming a cruciform rosette flat on the ground, with an inflorescence in the centre producing large yellow flowers.4
Accession Data
Accession #: 201900155
Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3209
Quantity: 1
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996284
Provenance:
Kress# 97-6118 no collection data
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01, #02 (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 Monday, 15 July, 2019.
- 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
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