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Accession Data:

Costus aff. guanaiensis Rusby

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Costaceae (K. Schum.) Nak.

  • Country of Origin: S. Mexico to Trop. America

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900280
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994675
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 5376
    Plowman, T. C.
    Peru: Huánuco / San Martín
    San Martín-Huánuco border: Aspusana
    1976
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3210 - ZING:Amomum/Curcuma
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-27-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Costaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Nicaragua / Panama / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Guyana / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 10 July, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 10 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:06:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

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Current Accessions in the Costaceae

  • Chamaecostus cuspidatus
  • Cheilocostus speciosus W/C
  • Costus asplundii
  • Costus bracteatus
  • Costus chartaceus W/C
  • Costus dubius
  • Costus lasius
  • Costus lateriflorus
  • Costus phaeotrichus W/C
  • Costus pictus
  • Costus productus
  • Costus scaber
  • Costus spectabilis
  • Costus spicatus W/C
  • Costus tappenbeckianus
  • Costus tonkinensis
  • Costus vargasii
  • Costus vinosus W/C
  • Costus afer
  • Costus aff. guanaiensis
  • Costus comosus var. bakeri
  • Costus malortieanus
  • Costus pulverulentus
  • Costus woodsonii
  • Dimerocostus strobilaceus
  • Monocostus uniflorus
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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