PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus fenestralis FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: Costus fenestralis Maas & H.Maas STATUS :Accepted CONTINENT: African SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: This African species is newly described 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) Costus fenestralis can be recognized by a low number of obovate, densely hairy leaves concentrated at the top of the shoots and bracts soon falling apart into fibers. — Type: Jongkind et al. 5811 (holo WAG 2 sheets[WAG0159192, WAG0159193]; iso BR, K, LBV [LBV0004878], MO, UC, WAG-spirit [WAG0115124]), Gabon, Nyanga, Doudou Mountains, Chantier SFN-Bakker, 310 m, 29 Nov. 2003. |