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Accession Data:

Costus vinosus Maas

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Costaceae (K. Schum.) Nak.

  • Country of Origin: Panama

  • Description: Fewer than 50 individuals (2014)3, possibly extinct in the wild.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900159
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994707
  • Provenance: 
    Kress# 3727
Dressler, R. L., (FLAS), University of Florida
Panama: Colon
Rio Guanche
25 Mar 1986
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3314 - NEOB: Blue Tanks South
    • Currently: active - needs attention
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-15-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Species
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Costaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • IUCN Redlist Critically Endangered Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Panama

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
  3. Costus vinosus at IUCN RedList. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
  4. BGCI ThreatSearch. Last accessed on Friday, 28 June, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:06:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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  • Dimerocostus strobilaceus
  • Monocostus uniflorus
W/C = Wild Collected
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