 Photo# 11312 Specimen# R0 Costus montanus by Kathleen Kay, Michigan State University
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 Photo# 11313 Specimen# R2887 Costus montanus From Costa Rica, Rec'd from Smith College BG
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 Photo# 11314 Specimen# R2887 Costus montanus From Costa Rica, Rec'd from Smith College BG
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 Photo# 11315 Specimen# R2887 Costus montanus From Costa Rica, Rec'd from Smith College BG
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 Photo# 12626 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12627 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12628 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12633 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12634 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12635 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12636 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12637 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12638 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 12629 Specimen# R0 Costus montanus along road above Orosi, Costa Rica
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 Photo# 12630 Specimen# R0 Costus montanus along road above Orosi, Costa Rica ligules
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 Photo# 12631 Specimen# R0 Costus montanus along road above Orosi, Costa Rica
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 Photo# 12632 Specimen# R0 Costus montanus along road above Orosi, Costa Rica
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 Photo# 16745 Specimen# R0 UGA Herbariuim - 10581 Haber- NOT DET'D (Costus montanus).
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 Photo# 16804 Specimen# R2887 Costus montanus From Costa Rica, Rec'd from Smith College BG
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 Photo# 16805 Specimen# R2887 Costus montanus From Costa Rica, Rec'd from Smith College BG
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 Photo# 16806 Specimen# R2887 Costus montanus From Costa Rica, Rec'd from Smith College BG
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 Photo# 16812 Specimen# R2972 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 16974 Specimen# R3293 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 16973 Specimen# R3293 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 16977 Specimen# R3296 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 16976 Specimen# R3296 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 16975 Specimen# R3296 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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 Photo# 16978 Specimen# R3296 Costus montanus From Costa Rica,
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Botanical Description for this Species
For illustrations or explanation of terminology, click on the linked plant part or column header.
Descriptions used for plant identification key are shown in BOLD. Plant Part | General | Color | Hairs | Texture | Shape | Length | Width |
Rhizome |
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| 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm |
Sheath |
| reddish
| densely ferrugineous-velutinous
| | | 0 to 0 cm | 5 to 12 mm |
Ligule | long, 15-40mm
| | densely ferrugineous-velutinous
| | 2-lobed, lobes acute
| 15 to 50 mm | 0 to 0 mm |
Petiole |
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| densely ferrugineous-velutinous
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| 8 to 20 mm | 0 to 0 mm |
Leaf | velutinous
| | |
| narrowly elliptic | 13 to 28 cm | 4 to 8 cm |
...upper | |
| densely ferrugineous-velutinous
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...under | |
| densely ferrugineous-velutinous
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...base | |
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| cunate
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...apex | | | | | shortly acuminate
| 0 to 0 mm | |
Inflorescence | terminal on a leafy stem.
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| ovoid
| 4 to 10 cm | 2 to 4 cm |
Bract | all bracts with foliaceous, reddish appendages, or apices of all bracts reflexed. | red
| densely ferrugineous-velutinous
| thick, coriaceous
| broadly ovate | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Appendage | | red |
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| deltate | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Bracteole |
| red
| densely ferrugineous-velutinous
| | boat shape
| 1.7 to 1.8 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Flower | | orange to yellowish orange | |
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| 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm |
Calyx | | pink | densely ferrugineous-velutinous
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| 1.1 to 1.5 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Corolla | tube 10 mm long | red | densely ferrugineous-velutinous
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| lobes narrowlyobovte
| 0.0 to 4.5 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Labellum | small, tubular
| aurantiacum?
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| conglutinous
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| 0.0 to 3.5 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Stamen | anther 7 mm long
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| | apex round
| 0.0 to 1.8 cm | 0.0 to 0.6 cm |