Costus Species Botanical Description

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Cheilocostus globosus
Cheilocostus globosus (Blume) C.Specht

Accession # R2562 identified as Cheilocostus globosus 'Peach Cobbler' from Le Jardin Ombragé
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Photo# 13246 Specimen# R3180
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13247 Specimen# R3180
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13248 Specimen# R3180
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13249 Specimen# R3180
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13250 Specimen# R3179
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13251 Specimen# R3179
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13252 Specimen# R3179
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13253 Specimen# R3179
Hellenia globosus
From cultivated,

Photo# 13254 Specimen# R0
Cheilocostus/Hellenia globosus yellow flower from John Mood

BOTANICAL NAME: Cheilocostus globosus
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PRIMARY SOURCE USED FOR DESCRIPTION:Maas, Notes on Asiatic and Australian Costoidae, 1979
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NOTES AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:Dr. Maas describes a "Costus globosus complex" - needs more study before it can be determined where the boundaries are between species. Characterized by inflo on separate, short, leafless shoot, bracts spiny at apex.

He lists a whole series of plants in this complex: C. acanthocephalus from Sumatra, C. chrysocephalus from New Guinea, C. clemensae from Philippines, C. dhanivatii from Thailand, C. globosus from Java, C. kingii and C. globosus var. kingii from Malay Peninsula, C. microcephalus from Borneo, C. oligophyllus and C. kunstleri from Maylay Peninsula, C. ridleyi and C. globosus var. ridleyi from Malay Peninsula and Thailand, C. sulfureus from Celebes, C. tonkinensis from Tonkin, C. velutinus and C. globosus var. velutinus from Malay Peninsula.

The plants in the photos to the left are all part of this C. globosus complex.
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Botanical Description for this Species
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Plant Part	General	Length	Width
Rhizome		0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Sheath		0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 mm
Ligule		0 to 0 mm	0 to 0 mm
Petiole		0 to 0 mm	0 to 0 mm
Leaf		0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
...upper
...under
...base
...apex		0 to 0 mm
Inflorescence	on separate leafless shoot	0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Bract	spiny	0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Appendage		0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Bracteole		0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Flower		0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Calyx		0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Corolla		0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Labellum		0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Stamen		0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm