Costaceae
Costus

Costus afer Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Reg. 8: t. 683 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P.J.M., Wieringa, J.J. & Specht, C.D. (2016). Monograph of African Costaceae. Blumea 61: 280-318.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 627
  • F.T.A. 7: 299
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 334
  • Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4979
  • K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 46: 392 (1904)
  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam. 4: 92, t. 20.
  • Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 84, t. 3
  • in Bot. Beg. t. 683 (1823)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P.J.M., Wieringa, J.J. & Specht, C.D. (2016). Monograph of African Costaceae. Blumea 61: 280-318.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 253 (1956).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 78 (1968).
  • J. Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 84 (1964)
  • J. Koechlin, Fl. Cameroun 4: 92 (1965).
  • K. Schum. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46: 392 (1904).
  • Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 8, t. 683 (1823).
  • Lock in Kew Bulletin 39: 842 (1984).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2016 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K002189330 Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K001790161 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Schweinfurth, G. [206] Sudan K000099630 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 unknown [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K000099626 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Schweinfurth, G. [204] Central African Republic K000099629 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Schweinfurth, G. [204] Central African Republic K000099635 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Selwyn [s.n.] Guinea K000099619 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Cable, S. [1484] Cameroon K000024810 Yes
Aug 1, 2007 Mackinder, B. [156] Cameroon K000025738 Yes
Chandler, P. [2776] Uganda K:SPC-18197.000 No
[1111] Guinea-Bissau K002189313 Yes
[8034] Ethiopia K002189675 No
[4237] Ethiopia K002189680 No
[1290] Uganda K002189697 No
[7336] Senegal K002189317 Yes
[22] Ethiopia K002189678 No
Troupin, G. [2512] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-18199.000 No
[3906] Ethiopia K002189671 No
[s.n.] Sierra Leone K002189326 Yes
[53] Uganda K002189710 No
[s.n.] K002189704 No
[173] Sudan K002189666 No
[T639] Uganda K002189701 No
[3906] Ethiopia K002189672 No
[717] South Sudan K002189668 No
[560] Uganda K002189709 No
Moult, P.H. [22] Ethiopia K:SPC-36243.000 No
[8922] Ethiopia K002189676 No
[256] Sierra Leone K002189321 Yes
[s.n.] Ethiopia K002189673 No
[s.n.] Guinea K002189311 Yes
[907] Uganda K002189699 No
Dawkins, H.C. [379] Uganda K:SPC-18877.000 No
[s.n.] Liberia K002189329 Yes
[1960] Ethiopia K002189677 No
[Th124] Uganda K002189708 No
[6727] Sudan K002189667 No
[7336] Senegal K002189318 Yes
[3172] Sierra Leone K002189325 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [831] Nigeria K:SPC-22183.000 No
Jeffrey, C. [85] Gabon K:SPC-17096.000 No
[9745] Ethiopia K002189679 No
[A1596] Sudan K002189669 No
[7336] Senegal K002189316 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15258] Nigeria K:SPC-25906.000 No
[s.n.] Uganda K002189703 No
[1731] Ethiopia K002189674 No
[s.n.] Sierra Leone K002189320 Yes
[907] Uganda K002189700 No
[160] Guinea K002189312 Yes
[708] Uganda K:SPC-11105.000 No
[21467] Sweden K002189328 Yes
[4570] Sierra Leone K002189319 Yes
[230] Uganda K002189705 No
[822] Uganda K002189698 No
[80] Sierra Leone K002189327 Yes
[2565] Sierra Leone K002189323 Yes
[K127] Uganda K002189706 No
[84] Sierra Leone K000041798 Yes
[2565] Sierra Leone K002189324 Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-66283.000 No
Forman, L. [644] Borneo K:SPC-39290.000 No
[s.n.] K002189702 No
[1960] Ethiopia K002189670 No
[20344] Sweden K002189331 Yes
[3886] Sierra Leone K002189322 Yes
[D384] Uganda K002189707 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1705] Tanzania Costus sarmentosus K:SPC-17365.000 No
Faulkner, H. [1111] Tanzania Costus sarmentosus K:SPC-18196.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1200] Kenya Costus sarmentosus K:SPC-17362.000 No
Cribb; Grey-Wilson; Mwasumbi [11062] Tanzania Costus subbiflorus K:SPC-45276.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images