⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-234565, with some changes.

Costus arabicus L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Costus (family Costaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 234565) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 2 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796267-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Costus arrabidae Steud.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus brasiliensis K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus discolor Roscoe	Synonym		WCSP
Costus glabratus Sw.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus glabratus var. niveopurpureus (Jacq.) Petersen	Synonym		WCSP
Costus gracilis Loes.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus niveopurpureus Jacq.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus niveus G.Mey.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus pilgeri K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus pubescens S.Moore	Synonym		WCSP
Costus pubescens f. fibrillosus Loes.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus ramosus Woodson	Synonym		WCSP
Costus sextus Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Costus spiralis var. hirsutus Petersen	Synonym		WCSP
Costus validus Loes.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus verschaffeltianus Lem.	Synonym		WCSP
Costus verschaffeltii Lem.	Synonym		TRO