 Photo# 15033 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15034 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15035 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15036 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15037 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15038 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15039 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15040 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15041 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15042 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15043 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15044 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15045 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15046 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15047 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15048 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15049 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15050 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15051 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15052 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15053 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15054 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15055 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15056 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15057 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 15059 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus from SE Ecuador near Rio Nangaritza
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 Photo# 15060 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus from SE Ecuador near Rio Nangaritza
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 Photo# 15061 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus from SE Ecuador near Rio Nangaritza
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 Photo# 15062 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus from SE Ecuador near Rio Nangaritza
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 Photo# 15063 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus from SE Ecuador near Rio Nangaritza
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 Photo# 15064 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus from SE Ecuador near Rio Nangaritza
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 Photo# 15138 Specimen# R0 Photo of Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus from Dr. Paul Maas.
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 Photo# 17523 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus subsp. krukovii, isotype at NYBG, collected in Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Madeira in 1934.
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 Photo# 17524 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus, at the National Herbarium in Quito, collected in Ecuador, Pastaza.
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 Photo# 17531 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus, terminal flowering form, Zurmi Road, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador. Note characteristic fibrousbractmargins.
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 Photo# 17532 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus, terminal flowering form near Tundayme, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador
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 Photo# 17533 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus, basal inflorescences (on leafless shoot) on plant near Tundayme, Ecuador. Distinguished fromC.zamoranusby the fibrous margins of the bracts.
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 Photo# 17534 Specimen# R0 Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus, basal flowering along the Piuntza road, Yacuambi area, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador
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 Photo# 16236 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16237 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16238 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16239 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16240 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16241 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16242 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16243 Specimen# R3077 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 16295 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16296 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16297 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16298 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 17542 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16299 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 17543 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16300 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 17544 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16301 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 16302 Specimen# R3198 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Morona-Santiago
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 Photo# 17581 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17582 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17583 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17584 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17585 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17586 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17587 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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 Photo# 17588 Specimen# R3335 CURRENTLY: Costus amazonicus subsp. amazonicus PROPOSED: Costus amazonicus From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe
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The plant photos to the left were identified by others as C. amazonicus but I have doubts about them. This species has been problematic for me. I will be adding more details and photos of what I believe to be C. amazonicus soon.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION:Rainforests from 100 to 1100 meters, in Amazonian Brazil,Ecuador and Peru
HEIGHT:1 to 3 meters