Costus spiralis var. spiralis
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is S. Tropical America. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Cuba, Venezuelan Antilles
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Costus pisonis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 11: t. 899 (1825)
- Costus spiralis var. jacquinii Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 602 (1864)
- Costus spiralis var. pisonis Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 602 (1864)
- Costus spiralis var. roscoei Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 602 (1864)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0