Costaceae Nakai

First published in J. Jap. Bot. 17: 203. 1941 [Apr 1941] (1941)
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • Larsen, K. (1998). Costaceae. In: K. Kubitzki  (ed.), The families and genera of vascular plants 4: 128-132.
  • Maas, P.J.M. (1972). Costoideae (Zingiberaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 8: 1-140.
  • Maas, P.J.M. (1972). Renealmia (Zingiberaceae- Zingiberoideae). Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 18: 162-219.
  • Specht, C.D. (2006). Systematics and evolution of the tropical monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberales): A multiple dataset approach. Syst. Bot. 31: 89-106.
  • Specht, C.D., & Stevenson, D.W. (2006). A new phylogeny-based generic taxonomy for the monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 555: 153-163.
  • Specht, C.D., Kress, W.J., Stevenson, D.W., & DeSalle, R. (2001). A molecular phylogeny of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 21: 333-345.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

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  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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