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Costaceae,
known as the
Costus family or
spiral gingers, is a
family of
pantropical monocots. It
belongs to the
order Zingiberales,
which contains horticulturally...
- (bananas),
Heliconiaceae (heliconias),
Strelitziaceae (bird-of-paradise),
Costaceae (spiral gingers),
Cannaceae (canna lilies),
Marantaceae (prayer plants)...
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ginger or
Indian head ginger, is a
species of
herbaceous plant in the
Costaceae family (also
sometimes placed in Zingiberaceae).
Costus ****atus is native...
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costus or
spiral flag, is a
species of
herbaceous plant in the
family Costaceae native to
eastern Brazil (States of
Bahia and Espírito Santo). In India...
- speciosus, or crêpe ginger, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Costaceae. Some
botanists have now
revived the
synonym ****enia
speciosa for this...
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Costus is a
genus of
herbaceous perennial plants in the
family Costaceae,
erected by
Linnaeus in 1753. It is
widespread through tropical and subtropical...
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spiral ginger or
spotted spiral ginger, is a
species of
plant in the
Costaceae family. Its
native range is
Mexico to
Central America.
Costus pictus is...
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Botanical Gardens Kew.
Retrieved 28 July 2024. "Costus afer Ker–Gawl. [family
COSTACEAE]".
JSTOR Global Plants.
Retrieved 28 July 2024. "Costus afer Ker Gawl"...
- Maas, P.J.M.; Wieringa, J.J.; Specht, C.D. (2016). "Monograph of
African Costaceae".
Blumea - Biodiversity,
Evolution and
Biogeography of Plants. 61 (3):...
- or
scarlet spiral flag, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Costaceae,
native to Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. A rhizomatous...
