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Taxon:  Costus speciosus (J. Koenig) Sm.



Summary
Genus:
Costus
Family:
Costaceae
Nomen number:
11693
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1:249. 1791
Verified:
03/31/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia. Note: mentions
  5. Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
  6. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  7. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  8. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  9. Maas, P. J. M. 1972. Costoideae (Zingiberaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 8:121.
  10. Maas, P. J. M. 1979. Notes on Asiatic and Australian Costoideae (Zingiberaceae). Blumea 25:546.
  11. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  12. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  13. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  14. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  15. Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classsification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55:159.
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11693. Accessed 26 April 2025.