PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus sarzcarum FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Not known whether this is an accepted species. Species in collection at Smithsonian Greenhouse, #94-680. Deeply lobed long ligues. Appears to me to be a form of Costus erythrophyllus that I call 'Grey Ghost'. |