Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7752Costus cylindricus var. acreanusCURRENT NAME: Costus cylindricus var. acreanus PROPOSED NAME: Costus cylindricus var. acreanus NAME CHANGE NOTES: FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : synonym 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 was described by Loesener from a collection in 1911 by Ernst Ule along the Rio Acre border between Peru and Brazil. Paul Maas places C. cylindricus as a syn. of C. scaber and C. spiralis but uses the specimen collected by Ule as the type for his Costus acreanus which is an entirely different looking plant. I believe the plant described by Loesener is the same species that has been proposed by Maas as a sp. nov. Costus bolivianus. Further research is pending. HORTICULTURAL NOTES: ACCESSIONS:Click links (if any) to see details of individual collections.
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