Costus vinosus

Common name:

Family: Costaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: Panama

Description: Fewer than 50 individuals (2014)³, possibly extinct in the wild.

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994707

Provenance:

Kress# 3727
Dressler, R. L., (FLAS), University of Florida
Panama: Colon
Rio Guanche
25 Mar 1986

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Culture:

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• 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. Costus vinosus at IUCN RedList. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
4. BGCI ThreatSearch. Last accessed on Friday, 28 June, 2019.

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