GENUS DIMEROCOSTUS

Dimerocostus is a genus of very tall growing neotropical Costaceae that are distinguished from Costus primarily by the bilocular (two-sectioned) ovary constrasted against the trilocular ovary in Costus. The flowers appear to be terminal on leafy stems, but the stems will sometimes continue to grow through the inflorescence and then even produce a second inflorescence, making them nominally lateral flowering plants. The flowers have broad showy labellums in either white or yellow.
They are widely distributed from Nicaragua to Bolivia but mostly uniform in appearance except for the separately named species and subspecies.

SHOWN IN PHOTO: Dimerocostus strobilaceus subspecies strobilaceus

CONTINENT	OLD NAME	NEW NAME	STATUS	DATASHEET	FIELD OBSERVATIONS	PHOTO PAGE

Neotropical	Dimerocostus strobilaceus subsp. appendiculatus	Dimerocostus appendiculatus	stat. nov.	See Description	FIELD OBSERVATIONS	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Neotropical	Dimerocostus strobilaceus subsp. gutierrezii	Dimerocostus rurrenabaqueanus	stat. nov.	See Description	FIELD OBSERVATIONS	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Neotropical	Dimerocostus strobilaceus subsp. strobilaceus	Dimerocostus strobilaceus	stat. nov.	See Description	FIELD OBSERVATIONS	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Neotropical	Dimerocostus	Dimerocostus	accepted	See Description
Neotropical	Dimerocostus argenteus	Dimerocostus argenteus	accepted	See Description	FIELD OBSERVATIONS	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Neotropical	Dimerocostus cryptocalyx	Dimerocostus cryptocalyx	accepted	See Description	FIELD OBSERVATIONS	GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM
Neotropical	Dimerocostus bicolor	Dimerocostus bicolor	synonym	See Description
Neotropical	Dimerocostus bolivianus	Dimerocostus bolivianus	synonym	See Description
Neotropical	Dimerocostus elongatus	Dimerocostus elongatus	synonym	See Description
Neotropical	Dimerocostus gutierrezii	Dimerocostus argenteus	synonym	See Description	FIELD OBSERVATIONS
Neotropical	Dimerocostus tessmannii	Dimerocostus tessmannii	synonym	See Description
Neotropical	Dimerocostus uniflorus	Dimerocostus uniflorus	synonym	See Description
Neotropical	Dimerocostus williamsi	Dimerocostus williamsi	synonym	See Description