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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 (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) 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: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796267-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Alpinia arabica (L.) M.R.Almeida	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-26
Costus arrabidae Steud.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus brasiliensis K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus discolor Roscoe	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus glabratus Sw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus glabratus var. niveopurpureus (Jacq.) Petersen	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus gracilis Loes.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus niveopurpureus Jacq.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus niveus G.Mey.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus pilgeri K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus pubescens S.Moore	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus pubescens f. fibrillosus Loes.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ramosus Woodson	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus sextus Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus spiralis var. hirsutus Petersen	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus validus Loes.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus verschaffeltianus Lem.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus verschaffeltii Lem.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-234565.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed