Costaceae

Costus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Queensland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 297.
  • Sp. Pl. 2 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K. Schum. in E.P. IV. 46: 378 (1904)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5:2 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Maas, P.J.M.; Maas-van de Kamer, H.; Valderrama, E. [10488] Colombia K000544485 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Maas, P.J.M.; Maas-van de Kamer, H.; Valderrama, E. [10488] Colombia K000544484 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Ndam, N. [591] Cameroon K000024815 Yes
Aug 1, 2007 Cheek, M.; Corcoran; Morgan [12498] Cameroon K:SPC-75976.000 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2471] Cameroon K000025724 Yes
Jul 25, 1967 Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana K000586751 Type Yes
Jul 25, 1967 Guilding, L. [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K000586744 Type Yes
Poulsen, A.D. [1120] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189664 Yes
Aona, L.Y.S.; Biggs, N.; Jardim, J.G..; Mazine, F.F.; Lucas, E.; Junior, V.V.V.; Costa, G. [2463] Brazil K000992437 Yes
Ching, Y.P.; et al. [S 64307] Malaysia K001769587 Yes
Freire, E.; Lira, S.S.; Marcon, A.B.; Oliveira, M.; Pimentel, D.S. [71] Brazil K001253745 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2718] Zambia K:SPC-38353.000 No
Plowman; Davis [5054] Peru K002425427 No
Pirozynski, K.A. [P132] Tanzania K002189840 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [1163] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-07749.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2815] Cameroon K:SPC-63037.000 No
Oliveira, M.; Lira, S.S.; Tschá, M.; Marcon, A.B. [67] Brazil K001253747 Yes
Barrier, S. [349] Peru K002425382 No
Purseglove, J.W. [P2549] Uganda K002189843 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002425430 No
Harris, D.J. [3151] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-63044.000 No
Cable, S. [2471] Cameroon K:SPC-61692.000 No
s.coll. [T-736-A] Guyana K002425198 No
Cruse, A.W. [432] Zambia K:SPC-10037.000 No
Harling, G.W.; Anderson, L. [21251] Ecuador K002425374 No
Mackinder, B.A. [156] Cameroon K:SPC-61704.000 No
André, É. [4087] K002425379 No
Malaysia K:SPC-26703.000 No
Patel; I.H.; Spottiswoode, C.; Bayliss, J. [397] Mozambique K002189983 Yes
[12594] Papua New Guinea K002189292 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.B.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F. [19645] Ecuador K002425375 No
Barrier, S. [349] Peru K002425384 No
Kiew, R. [RK 4788] Malaysia K002189220 Yes
Forman, L. [646] K:SPC-38882.000 No
Edwards, K.S. [329] Venezuela K002425373 No
Oppenheimer, H. [H120505] United States K002189310 Yes
Julia, S.; Jemson, J.; Markus, G.; Andrew, S. [SAN 147050] Malaysia K002189224 Yes
Cable, S.; et al. [146] Cameroon K:SPC-61622.000 No
Sintenis, P. [1740] Puerto Rico K000586739 Type Yes
Sonké, B. [1055] Cameroon K002189660 Yes
[K. Siz] [s.n.] K002425423 No
Sastre, C.; Raichel D, H. [5026] Colombia K002425372 No
Sands, M.J.S. [2722] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-40568.000 No
Abdul, K.B. [A 2843] K002189219 Yes
Nguyen, V.D.; Phuong, V.X.; Boumanivong, S.; Vongsoukhun [L-V 271] Laos K001590005 Yes
Mamba, A.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Maoji, S.O. (guide); Saide, R.O. (guide) [AM17] Mozambique K001346814 No
Hedberg, O. [4779] Tanzania K001569051 No
Thomas, D.W. [10346] Cameroon K001383609 Yes
Pérez Viso, R. [88] Equatorial Guinea K001581667 Yes
Ibarra Manríquez, G. [3400] Mexico K000586737 Type Yes
Ibarra Manríquez, G. [3400] Mexico K000586736 Isotype Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [537] Uganda K:SPC-11106.000 No
Poulsen, A.D. [1120] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189662 Yes
Forman, L.; Blewett, J.B.J. [937] Brunei K:SPC-61898.000 No
Plowman; Davis [5054] Peru K002425426 No
Verdcourt, B. [96] Tanzania K:SPC-17361.000 No
Andrews, F.W. [1596] Sudan K:SPC-18198.000 No
Norman, E.M. [230] Uganda K:SPC-11103.000 No
Harris; et al. [3151] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189665 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; DeCarvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21844] Brazil K001253744 Yes
Oppenheimer, H. [#H0120505] United States K002189309 Yes
[11065] Papua New Guinea K002189291 Yes
Eja, M. [56369] Malaysia K002189217 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.; Dumba, H. [927] Uganda K002189846 Yes
Maas, P.J.M. [s.n.] K002425424 No
Peterson, P.M.; Gopaul, D. [7726] Guyana K002425196 No
Barrier, S. [282A] Peru K002425381 No
K:SPC-63613.000 No
Poulsen, A.D. [1120] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189661 Yes
[s.n.] Philippines K002189249 Yes
Kenya K:SPC-22057.000 No
Poulsen, A.D.; Katende, A.; Muhanguzi, H.; Nkuutu, D. [511] Uganda K002189845 Yes
Pimentel, D.S.; Tschá, M.C. [45] Brazil K001253746 Yes
Simon, M.F.; A.L. [1441] Brazil K001253743 Yes
Cruse, A.W. [81a] Zimbabwe K:SPC-17364.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002425439 No
{J. van Rooden; Akkermans, L.M.A.} [1] Venezuela K002425282 Yes
Forman, L. [645] K:SPC-39291.000 No
[JRT]; [JD [1914] Peru K002425376 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002425438 No
Ollerton, J.; Gopaul, D.; Cranmer, L.; Henderdon, B.; Kellie, S. [182] Guyana K002425197 No
[s.n.] Philippines K002189247 Yes
Phuong, V.X.; Huyen, D.D.; Nguyen, V.D.; Nguyen, Q.B.; Xuyen, D.T.; de Kok, R.; Bramley, G.; Challen, G.; Vorontsova, M. [HNK316] Vietnam K002189060 No
Rico, L.; Lopez, R. [1628] Bolivia K:SPC-72505.000 No
Barrier, S. [349] Peru K002425383 No
Ilias; Rantai [S47280] Malaysia K002189223 Yes
Maas, P.J.M. [7867] Costa Rica K000586738 Isotype Yes
Harris, D.J. [3165] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-60049.000 No
Ireland K:SPC-17098.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [17993] Bolivia K002425377 No
[s.n.] Philippines K002189248 Yes
Ecuador K:SPC-44648.000 No
André, É. [302] K002425380 No
Rico, L.; Lopez, R. [1628] Bolivia K000295251 No
Tadong, L. [356] Malaysia K002189221 Yes
Poulsen, A.D. [1120] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189663 Yes
Bruce, E.M. (Miss) [1014] Tanzania K002189841 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1759] Uganda K002189844 Yes
Ismawi, O.; et al. [56659] Malaysia K002189218 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Dressler, R.L. [1700] Panama K002425371 No
André, E. [[523]] K002425378 No
Giulietti, A.M.; Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.; Harley, R.; Woodgyer, E. [2675] Brazil K001253748 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0