Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7357Costus edulisOLD NAME: Costus edulis NEW NAME: Costus edulis NAME CHANGE NOTES: FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : synonym CONTINENT: African FIELD OBSERVATIONS:(If field observations are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) PHOTOS:(If photos are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: This African species is placed in synonymy with Costus afer (PID3430) 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) Type is at http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/br0000008818379?history=true. Identification as type of Costus edulis De Wild. & T.Durand [family COSTACEAE]; then as Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum. [family COSTACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by P.J.M. & Maas H. & Specht C., 2002/11/12 The African Plant Database lists this species as a syn. For C. dubius.
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