PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus ledermannii FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: Costus ledermannii Loes. STATUS :unknown CONTINENT: African SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: This African species is listed as an "insufficiently known name" in Paul Maas' monograph on African Costaceae, published on 16 December 2016. (Monograph of African Costaceae, H. Maas-van de Kamer, P.J.M. Maas, J.J. Wieringa, C.D. Specht, Blumea 61, 2016: 280 - 318, http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea/2016/00000061/00000003/art00010) The African Plant Database lists this species as uncertain status. From Cameroon, Bodje (2°33?Nx9°49?E): coastal forest with ferns, Aframomum. |