CLICK HERE for a detailed botanical description and identification key for this species (opens in new window). PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus Maas species A FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Maas describes an unnamed Costus from Panama cloud forest (variably described), listed as "species A" in Flora Neotropica, Monograph #8. |