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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus ramosus FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: Costus arabicus, BOTANICAL NOTES: Not a valid species - obsolete synonym. - Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas - gopher://nmnhgoph.si.edu:70/0R217674-219444-/.docs/guianas_data//checkl2 - Costus ramosus Woodson =Costus arabicus Described by P. J. M. Maas in Flora Neotropica under corrected species, C. arabicus. Specimen at NYBG Herbarium - http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/Costaceae.html Image: Available at http://image.nybg.org/herbim/0611/Name: CostaceaeCostus ramosus Woodson (Isotype) Image: Available Location: Guyana. Basin of Shodikar Creek (Essequibo tributary). 1° 18' N Collector: Albert C. Smith 286908 Jan 1938-22 Jan 1938 Description: Coarse herb to 5 m high; perianth white, pink or yellow distally. Fertile. Habitat: Along creek. Dense forest. Publication: Lloydia. 2: 171. 1939. Other: NY Specimen ID: 320351Specimen notes: 2 of 2, see NY bar-code 320350 Name: CostaceaeCostus ramosus Woodson (Isotype) Image: Available Location: Guyana. Basin of Shodikar Creek (Essequibo tributary). 1° 18' N Collector: Albert C. Smith 286908 Jan 1938-22 Jan 1938 Description: Coarse herb to 5 m high; perianth white, pink or yellow distally. Fertile. Habitat: Along creek. Dense forest. Publication: Lloydia. 2: 171. 1939. Other: NY Specimen ID: 320350Specimen notes: 1 of 2, see NY bar-code 320351. |