Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7635Costus comosus - La Chonta formCURRENT NAME: Costus comosus - La Chonta form PROPOSED NAME: Costus comosus - La Chonta form NAME CHANGE NOTES: Possible natural habrid, like C. comosus but with only slightly patent bracts. FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : distinct form CONTINENT: Neotropical 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 plant in the wild looked very much like a hybrid of Costus scaber, but after growing the seeds it has turned out to be the horticultural form of C. comosus. It was included in the molecular phylogeny and was confirmed in the same clade as the cultivated form of C. comosus and the plants of that form collected in the wild in Bolivia and Peru. HORTICULTURAL NOTES: ACCESSIONS:Click links (if any) to see details of individual collections.
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