PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus sp. R3196-Mendez FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Waxy grey leaves, no flowers seen, inflo. was with unappendaged bracts. Seed collected from a plant a few km south of Mendez on the Limon-Mendez road. Plant is consistent with the Podocarpus form of Costus laevis that is known from the area around Zamora, Ecuador. |