Accession Data:
Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum.
- Common Name:
- Family: Costaceae (K. Schum.) Nak.
- Country of Origin: Trop. Africa
- Habitat: savanna woodland on clayey to loamy soil
- Description: Costus spectabilis can be recognized by its four horizontally spreading leaves forming a cruciform rosette flat on the ground, with an inflorescence in the centre producing large yellow flowers.4
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201900155
- Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996284
- Provenance:
Kress# 97-6118 no collection data
- Accession Date: 07-10-2019
- Bench: 3209 - ZING: Globba
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-26-2024
- Restrictions:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Costaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Burkina / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Mali / Nigeria / Niger / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Gabon / Gulf of Guinea Is. / Zaire / Chad / Ethiopia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01, #02 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.
- Maas-van de Kamer, H.; Maas, P.J.M.; Wieringa, J.J.; Specht, C.D. Monograph of African Costaceae, Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 61, Number 3, 2016, pp. 280-318(39) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694445
data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:06:12 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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