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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2021

Warning: older classification

genus

Costus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 2 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000009467.

Species in Costus ( loading species 1 to 15 of 107)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Costus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Costus speciosus var. nipalensis (Roscoe) Baker Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 250. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001399148