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 Photo# 15911 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area terminal infloresc |
 Photo# 15912 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area |
 Photo# 15913 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area basal inflorescence |
 Photo# 15914 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area long-appendaged bracts |
 Photo# 15915 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area plicate leaves |
 Photo# 15916 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area, young plant purple undersides |
 Photo# 15917 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area |
 Photo# 15918 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area |
 Photo# 15919 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area |
 Photo# 15920 Accession# R0 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area |
 Photo# 16062 Accession# R3306 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir. |
 Photo# 16063 Accession# R3306 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir. |
 Photo# 16064 Accession# R3306 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir. |
 Photo# 16065 Accession# R3306 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir. |
 Photo# 16066 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16067 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16068 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16069 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16070 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16071 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16072 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16073 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16074 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16075 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16076 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
 Photo# 16077 Accession# R3307 Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino |
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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus erythrophyllus Santa Maria form FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: In the state of Boyacá, Santa Maria area of the eastern Colombia Andes foothills, I found a plant that seems to be intermediate between Costus claviger and Costus erythrophyllus. The Colombians have placed it in C. claviger, but I think it is closer to C. erythrophyllus. It was found flowering both terminal and basal, has long bract appendages unlike those of C. claviger, and has somewhat plicate leaves. However some plants seen did not have the deeply lobed ligules of C. erythrophyllus and most did not have the characteristic purplish undersides to the leaves, so a determination is open to some interpretation. A collection there by B. Betancur in 2003 was det'd by N. R. Salinas as C. erythrophyllus. ACCESSION NOTES: R3306 from a steep slope above the resevoir and R3307 from seed collected along the Quebrada Cristalino. |