Aucklandia costus Falc. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Aucklandia

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Carduoideae

Tribe:

Cardueae

Subtribe:

Carduinae

Nomen number:

319258

Place of publication:

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6:475. 1841

Verified:

08/28/2014 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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Aplotaxis lappa Decne.
Saussurea lappa (Decne.) C. B. Clarke

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). Note: = Saussurea costus

Reference(s)

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). Note: = Saussurea costus
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

English
costus –
German
indische Kostuswurzel –
India (Hindi)
kuth –
India (Sanskrit)
kasmirja –
Swedish
kungsskära –
Transcribed Chinese
mu xiang –
yun mu xiang –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Himachal Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan		n.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam

Native
Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh], Pakistan (n.)

Cultivated
Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.)
INDO-CHINA: Vietnam

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Food additives	flavoring	as Saussurea costus	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 Note: = Saussurea lappa
Materials	essential oils	used in perfumes & cosmetics, as Saussurea costus	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 Note: = Saussurea lappa
Medicines	folklore	as Saussurea costus	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines	folklore	as Saussurea costus	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Aucklandia costus Falc.