PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus guanaiensis var. asplundii FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: In the 1977 follow-up, P. J. M. Maas decided this is a separate species. It is described by Dr. Maas in Flora Neotropica, Monograph No. 18 under Costus asplundii. SeePID#3595 Specimen at NYBG Herbarium - http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/Costaceae.html Image: Available at http://image.nybg.org/herbim/0611/Name: CostaceaeCostus guanaiensis Rusby var. asplundii Maas (Type) Image: Available Location: Ecuador. Napo/Pastaza border. Mera. On shore of RÃo Pastaza. Alt. 1000 m. Collector: E. Asplund 1911530 Jan 1956 Description: Stem to 5 m high; flowers white, lanellum with a large yellow blotch at base of middle lobe. Fertile. Habitat: Edge of forest. Publication: Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 8: 52. 1972. Other: NY Specimen ID: 320332 |