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Accession Data:

Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum.

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

  • Country of Origin: Trop. Africa

  • Culture: Rhizome geophyte

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900285
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994668
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 3664
    ex hort., Florida
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3313 - NEOB: Blue Tanks North
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-01-2025

Classification:

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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Burkina / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Mali / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon / Gulf of Guinea Is. / Zaire / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique /

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. 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 11:06:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Costus dubius

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Current Accessions in the Costaceae

  • Chamaecostus cuspidatus
  • Cheilocostus speciosus W/C
  • Costus asplundii
  • Costus bracteatus
  • Costus chartaceus W/C
  • Costus dubius
  • Costus lasius
  • Costus lateriflorus
  • Costus phaeotrichus W/C
  • Costus pictus
  • Costus productus
  • Costus scaber
  • Costus spectabilis
  • Costus spicatus W/C
  • Costus tappenbeckianus
  • Costus tonkinensis
  • Costus vargasii
  • Costus vinosus W/C
  • Costus afer
  • Costus aff. guanaiensis
  • Costus comosus var. bakeri
  • Costus malortieanus
  • Costus pulverulentus
  • Costus woodsonii
  • Dimerocostus strobilaceus
  • Monocostus uniflorus
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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