Costus afer

Costus afer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Costaceae
Genus: Costus
Species: Costus afer

Costus afer Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 8: t. 683 (1823).

Heterotypic
- Costus sarmentosus Bojer, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 4: 262 (1835).
- Costus trachyphyllus K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 420 (1892).
- Costus edulis De Wild. & T.Durand, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 141 (1899).
- Costus anomocalyx K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 396 (1904).
- Costus deistelii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 393 (1904).
- Costus megalobractea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 407 (1904).
- Costus oblitterans K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 393 (1904).
- Costus pterometra K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 394 (1904).
- Costus subbiflorus K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 394 (1904).
- Costus ulugurensis K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 396 (1904).
- Costus bingervillensis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 627 (1920).
- Costus insularis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 627 (1920), not validly publ.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola; Benin; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zare; Zimbabwe

Ker Gawler, J.B., 1823. Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 8: t. 683.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Costus afer in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 20.

Hassler, M. 2019. Costus afer. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 20.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Costus afer. Published online. Accessed November 20 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Costus afer . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 20.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Costus afer in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 08-Apr-12.

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