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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus longifolius FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Not a valid species - obsolete synonym. Listed on the International Plant Names Index at http://www.ipni.org/ - author listed as Rusby Maas in Flora Neotropica No. 8, lists this as an obsolete syn. for Costus guanaiensis var. tarmicus Specimen at NYBG Herbarium Costus longifolius Rusby (Holotype) Location: Bolivia. Cordillera Real. Mapiri. Alt. 2000 ft. Collector: G. H. H. Tate 442 30 Mar 1926-09 Apr 1926 Publication: Phytologia. 1: 50. 1934. |