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Costus
Costus is a group of perennial herbaceous plants in the family (Costaceae) described by Linnaeus as a genus in 1753. It was formerly known as Hellenia after the Finish botanist Carl Niclas von Hellens. It is widespread through tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red Button Ginger
speciesCostus woodsonii
red cigar
speciesCostus pulverulentus
red tower ginger
speciesCostus comosus
Costus spiralis
speciesCostus spiralis
Indian head ginger
speciesCostus scaber
Spiral flag
speciesCostus pictus
Costus laevis
speciesCostus laevis
Costus guanaiensis
speciesCostus guanaiensis
Costus arabicus
speciesCostus arabicus
Costus montanus
speciesCostus montanus
Costus dubius
speciesCostus dubius
African Princess
speciesCostus phyllocephalus
African Spiral Flag
speciesCostus lucanusianus
Costus spectabilis
speciesCostus spectabilis
Costus malortieanus
speciesCostus malortieanus
Costus villosissimus
speciesCostus villosissimus
Costus stenophyllus
speciesCostus stenophyllus
Indian Head Ginger
speciesCostus spicatus
Costus afer
speciesCostus afer
red rose ginger
speciesCostus osae
Costus productus
speciesCostus productus
Costus curvibracteatus
speciesCostus curvibracteatus
Costus atlanticus
speciesCostus atlanticus
Costus barbatus
speciesCostus barbatus
Costus lima
speciesCostus lima
Costus lasius
speciesCostus lasius
Costus claviger
speciesCostus claviger
Costus amazonicus
speciesCostus amazonicus
Costus erythrothyrsus
speciesCostus erythrothyrsus
Costus longibracteolatus
speciesCostus longibracteolatus
Costus wilsonii
speciesCostus wilsonii
Costus acreanus
speciesCostus acreanus
Costus erythrophyllus
speciesCostus erythrophyllus
Costus flammulus
speciesCostus flammulus
Costus asplundii
speciesCostus asplundii
Costus ricus
speciesCostus ricus
Costus varzearum
speciesCostus varzearum
Costus giganteus
speciesCostus giganteus
Costus glaucus
speciesCostus glaucus
Costus aureus
speciesCostus aureus
Costus zamoranus
speciesCostus zamoranus
Costus tonkinensis
speciesCostus tonkinensis
Costus macranthus
speciesCostus macranthus
Costus bracteatus
speciesCostus bracteatus
Costus vargasii
speciesCostus vargasii
Costus alticola
speciesCostus alticola
Costus antioquiensis
speciesCostus antioquiensis
Costus gibbosus
speciesCostus gibbosus
Costus dirzoi
speciesCostus dirzoi
Costus convexus
speciesCostus convexus
Costus erythrocoryne
speciesCostus erythrocoryne
Costus plowmanii
speciesCostus plowmanii
Costus rubineus
speciesCostus rubineus
Costus chartaceus
speciesCostus chartaceus
Costus allenii
speciesCostus allenii
Costus leucanthus
speciesCostus leucanthus
Costus plicatus
speciesCostus plicatus
Costus pseudospiralis
speciesCostus pseudospiralis
Costus whiskeycola
speciesCostus whiskeycola
Costus sinningiiflorus
speciesCostus sinningiiflorus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Aromatics and Some Medicinal Plants Born in the Indies
Garcia de Orta; Carolus Clusius (trans.) · 1567 · p.166
On the Simple Medicines from the West Indies
Nicolas Monardes · 1574 · p.150
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.137
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.138
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.106
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.59
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.65
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.144
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.229
Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.225
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.25
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.266
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