Chamaecostus

Chamaecostus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Costaceae
Genus: Chamaecostus
Species: C. acaulis C. congestiflorus C. curcumoides C. cuspidatus C. fragilis C. fusiformis C. lanceolatus C. subsessilis

Name

Chamaecostus C.D.Specht, (2006)

  • Typus: Chamaecostus subsessilis (Nees & Mart.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev. (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela,
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia,
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

  • Specht, C.D. & Stevenson, D.W. 2006. A new phylogeny‐based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153-163. DOI: 10.2307/25065537 Paywall PDF Reference page. 
 Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Chamaecostus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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