Accession Data

Costus spicatus

Family: Costaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico, Caribbean

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900277

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3313

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2002127

Provenance:

Kress# 02-7143
Kress, W. J., Temeles, E., Clark, J., Lopez, I.
Dominica: St. Joseph
Layou River Road near old suspension bridge.
15.4144, -61.3833, 24 Apr 2002

Herb, Shoots to 2 m, leaves green, spirally arranged.  
Inflorescence erect, bracts dull reddish green.
Flowers: petals pale pink, labellum yellow.

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 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 spicatus
Costus spicatus