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Costus

The genus Costus is in the family Costaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Costus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Costus acanthocephalus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus acreanus (Loes.) Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus adolphi-friderici Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus afer Ker Gawl. Accepted H WCSP
Costus allenii Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus amazonicus (Loes.) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP
Costus arabicus L. Accepted H WCSP
Costus araneosus Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Costus asplundii (Maas) Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus asteranthus Maas & H.Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus barbatus Suess. Accepted H WCSP
Costus beckii Maas & H.Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus bicolor J.Braun & K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus bracteatus Rowlee Accepted H WCSP
Costus bullatus Meekiong, Muliati & Ipor Accepted H WCSP
Costus chartaceus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus chrysocephalus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus claviger Benoist Accepted H WCSP
Costus clemensiae Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Costus cordatus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus cupreifolius Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus curvibracteatus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus deistelii K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus dendrophilus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted H WCSP
Costus dinklagei K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus dirzoi García-Mend. & G.Ibarra Accepted H WCSP
Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus eburneus Meekiong, Muliati & Tawan Accepted H WCSP
Costus erythrocoryne K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus erythrophyllus Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus erythrothyrsus Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus fissicalyx N.R.Salinas, Clavijo & Betancur Accepted H WCSP
Costus fissiligulatus Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen Accepted H WCSP
Costus fortalezae K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus gabonensis Koechlin Accepted H WCSP
Costus geothyrsus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus giganteus Welw. ex Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Costus glaucus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus guanaiensis Rusby Accepted H WCSP
Costus juruanus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus laevis Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Costus lasius Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus lateriflorus Baker Accepted H WCSP
Costus le-testui Pellegr. Accepted H WCSP
Costus ledermannii Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus leucanthus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus ligularis Baker Accepted H WCSP
Costus lima K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus longibracteolatus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus maboumiensis Pellegr. Accepted H WCSP
Costus macranthus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus maculatus Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Costus malortieanus H.Wendl. Accepted H WCSP
Costus megalobractea K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus microcephalus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus montanus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus mosaicus W.Bull Accepted H WCSP
Costus muluensis Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan Accepted H WCSP
Costus nemotrichus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus nitidus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus nudicaulis Baker Accepted H WCSP
Costus oblongus S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Costus oligophyllus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus osae Maas & H.Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus phaeotrichus Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus pictus D.Don Accepted H WCSP
Costus plicatus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus plowmanii Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus productus Gleason ex Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus pulverulentus C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Costus quasi-appendiculatus Woodson ex Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus ricus Maas & H.Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus rumphianus Valeton ex K.Heyne Accepted H WCSP
Costus sarmentosus Bojer Accepted H WCSP
Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Costus schlechteri H.J.P.Winkl. Accepted H WCSP
Costus sepacuitensis Rowlee Accepted H WCSP
Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe Accepted H WCSP
Costus sprucei Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus stenophyllus Standl. & L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Costus subbiflorus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus sulfureus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus talbotii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Costus tappenbeckianus J.Braun & K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Costus tonkinensis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Costus ubangiensis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Costus ulei Loes. Accepted H WCSP
Costus vargasii Maas & H.Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus varzearum Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus villosissimus Jacq. Accepted H WCSP
Costus vinosus Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus violaceus Koechlin Accepted H WCSP
Costus viridis S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Costus wilsonii Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus woodsonii Maas Accepted H WCSP
Costus zamoranus Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Costus zingiberoides J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 237 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Costus. Of these 104 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 40 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Costus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 237 species names for the genus Costus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 104 43.9%
Synonym 127 53.6%
Unplaced 2 0.8%
Unassessed 4 1.7%

All names

The status of the 277 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Costus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 110 39.7%
Synonym 161 58.1%
Unplaced 2 0.7%
Unassessed 4 1.4%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 237 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Costus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 104 121 0 0 225 94.9%
Medium confidence 0 6 0 0 6 2.5%
Low confidence 0 0 2 4 6 2.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Costus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 6 0 4 0 10 4.2%
WCSP 104 121 2 0 0 227 95.8%