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 B FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Maas describes an unnamed Costus from Panama, Camp Pina (type locality of Costus allenii), listed as "species B" in Flora Neotropica, Monograph #8. It is described as being vegetatively like Costus villosissimus (hairs and leaves) but with an inflorescence more like C. scaber or C. pulverulentus. |