⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-34500662, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Costus guanaiensis var. macrostrobilus .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 34500662
) with original publication details: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 32: 65, f. 38 65 1945.