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Datasheet for Costus

Plant Datasheet for Costus

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unidentified Costus species at Atlanta Botanic Garden, Atlanta, GA Tagged as Costus sanquineus - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 11686 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus species at Atlanta Botanic Garden, Atlanta, GA Tagged as Costus sanquineus

unidentified Costus at Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL Selby2001-0305A - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 11782 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus at Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL Selby2001-0305A

Photo# 11783 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus at Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL Selby2001-0305A

Costus sp. at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii - basal bloomer from Costa Rica & Panama - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12742 Accession# R0
Costus sp. at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii - basal bloomer from Costa Rica & Panama

unidentified Costus from Costa Rica or Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii - basal bloomer from Costa Rica & Panama - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12743 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Costa Rica or Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii - basal bloomer from Costa Rica & Panama

unidentified Costus from Panama by Karen Skinner at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 Ray Baker and myself - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12744 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama by Karen Skinner at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 Ray Baker and myself

unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12745 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702

Photo# 12746 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702

unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 bracts - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12747 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 bracts

Photo# 12748 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 bracts

unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 bracteole and calyx - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12749 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 bracteole and calyx

unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 stamen - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12750 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 stamen

Photo# 12751 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 stamen

unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 labellum - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12752 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702 labellum

Photo# 12753 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus from Panama at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #80-0702

unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12938 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica

Photo# 12939 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica

unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica caylx - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12945 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica caylx

unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12963 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12964 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12965 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12966 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12967 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12968 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12969 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. - montanus? at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

unidentified Costus sp. at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12970 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12971 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12972 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12973 Accession# R0
unidentified Costus sp. at Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Photo# 12940 Accession# R3035
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica

Photo# 12941 Accession# R3035
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica

unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica bracteole - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12942 Accession# R3035
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica bracteole

unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica bracts - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 12943 Accession# R3035
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica bracts

Photo# 12944 Accession# R3035
unidentified Costus sp. - laevis? scaber? along Cerro Miradore Trail, Shiroles, Costa Rica bracts

PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae
BOTANICAL NAME: Costus
FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: Costus L.
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NOTE: This record in the database is used as a placeholder to link to image files where no species or other subgeneric name has been determined and no separate record has been entered.

Early description of the genus Costus in the Donal Angus Botanical Prints, from Botanic Garden at Liverpool, lists 18 species of Custus: speciosus, arabicus, spicatus, comosus, spiralis, cernuus, cylindricus, annchiri, nivieo-purpureus, villosissimus, scaber, laevis and argenteus.

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