Accession Data

Costus tonkinensis

Family: Costaceae

Country of Origin: S. China to N. Vietnam

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900157

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3313

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000227

Provenance:

Kress# 00-6810
Kress, W. J., Prince, L. M., Xia, Y. M.
China: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna
Ex situ Conservation Area, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
21.9225, 101.2656, 25 Nov 2000

Shoots to 1.2 m, stems reddish, leaves green.  
Inflorescence on basal sessile shoot. Sterile.

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

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.

Images

Costus tonkinensis
Costus tonkinensis