Chamaecostus

Chamaecostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 2006. It is endemic to South America.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderZingiberales
FamilyCostaceae

Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Observations recorded2,346

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 20
With media: 3
Family: Costaceae
Collections: US, UNEMAT, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UNB, UFJ
Recorded in: Brazil, Brasil

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Costaceae
Image: Costus pictus 01.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Chamaecostus
Commons category: Chamaecostus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=28763
topic's main category: Category:Chamaecostus
taxon common name: 喇叭姜属

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Chamaecostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 2006. It is endemic to South America. Species Chamaecostus congestiflorus - Venezuela, N Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana Chamaecostus curcumoides - French Guiana Chamaecostus cuspidatus - E Brazil Chamaecostus fragilis - Colombia, N Brazil Chamaecostus fusiformis - Pará Chamaecostus lanceolatus - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana Chamaecostus subsessilis - Brazil, Bolivia

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chamaecostus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.