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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus bakeri FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: Costus comosus var. bakerii, BOTANICAL NOTES: Not a valid species - obsolete synonym for C. comosus var. bakerii Listed on the International Plant Names Index at http://www.ipni.org/ - author listed as K.Schum. Schumann describes this species and places in subgenus Eucostus - Das Pflanzenreich IV, 1904. Specimen at NYBG Herbarium - http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/Costaceae.html Image: Available at http://image.nybg.org/herbim/0611/Name: CostaceaeCostus bakeri K. Schum. (Isolectotype) Image: Available Location: Guatemala. Amatitlan. Barranca de Eminencia. Alt. 1400 ft. Collector: J. Donnell Smith 2802Feb 1892 Description: Fertile. Habitat: Publication: Pflanzenr. (Engler). IV. 46 (Heft 20): 387. A X. 1904. Verified: A. Espeko & A. R. Lopez-F. 1994. Other: NY Specimen ID: 320322Ex Herbarium: Columbia College |