Costaceae
Costus

Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 409 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Queensland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P.J.M., Wieringa, J.J. & Specht, C.D. (2016). Monograph of African Costaceae. Blumea 61: 280-318.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P.J.M., Wieringa, J.J. & Specht, C.D. (2016). Monograph of African Costaceae. Blumea 61: 280-318.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 2, 2023 Cheek, M.; Elangwe; Ngwenya; Motia; Bodie; Moni [8214] Cameroon K001187734 Yes
Mar 2, 2023 Cheek, M.; Elangwe; Ngwenya; Motia; Bodie; Moni [8214] Cameroon K001187735 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Schweinfurth, G. [3268] Sudan K000099631 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Pyne, C.T. [CTP 88] Sierra Leone K000066280 Neotype No
Jan 1, 2013 Pyne, C.T. [88] Sierra Leone K000662800 Neotype Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Ekema, N. [1094] Cameroon K000024806 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Watts, J. [228] Cameroon K000024817 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Thomas, D.W. [10017] Cameroon K000024812 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Watts, J. [357] Cameroon K000024807 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Watts, J. [1052] Cameroon K000024813 Yes
Aug 1, 2007 Cheek, M. [11219] Cameroon K000339749 Yes
Aug 1, 2007 Cheek, M. [11219] Cameroon K000339761 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Sidwell, K. [349] Cameroon K000025737 Yes
Oct 20, 1983 Schweinfurth, G. [204] Central African Republic K000099628 Type Yes
Oct 20, 1983 Schweinfurth, G. [204] Central African Republic K000099634 Type Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7936] Cote d'Ivoire K002189411 Yes
[s.n.] Nigeria K002189419 No
[3160] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189553 Yes
s.coll. [9122] Sierra Leone K002189392 Yes
[7704] K002189548 Yes
Small, D. [286] Sierra Leone K002189393 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K002189398 Yes
Schmidt, H.H. et al. [3536] Ghana K002189413 No
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7848] Cote d'Ivoire K002189408 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Stone, J.; Amponsah, J.; Chintoh, M. [3536] Ghana K002189412 No
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8200] K002189406 Yes
[2659] Burundi K002189554 Yes
[115] Nigeria K002189418 No
[1062] South Sudan K002189681 No
[9625] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189551 Yes
[3319] Congo, Republic of the K002189550 Yes
Jones, E.W. [70] Nigeria K002189416 No
Luke, Q.; Sidibe, O. [15461] Mali K002189391 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8200] Cote d'Ivoire K002189407 Yes
[7704] K002189547 Yes
Adames, P. [473] Liberia K002189402 Yes
[10191] Equatorial Guinea K002189545 Yes
Adames, P. [473] Liberia K002189400 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9763] Sierra Leone K002189394 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [105] Cote d'Ivoire K002189404 Yes
[7704] K002189546 Yes
Van Meer, P.P.C. [138] Liberia K002189399 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1897] Cote d'Ivoire K002189403 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21458] Liberia K002189397 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [794] Ghana K002189414 No
Morton, J.K. [A523] Ghana K002189415 No
Barker, A.J.D. [1085] Liberia K002189401 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7936] Cote d'Ivoire K002189410 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7848] Cote d'Ivoire K002189409 Yes
[1800] K002189549 Yes
s.coll. [7416] Sierra Leone K002189396 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8200] Cote d'Ivoire K002189405 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [387] Sierra Leone K002189395 Yes
[212] Nigeria K002189420 No
[13108] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002189552 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [13024] Guinea K000041785 Yes
[27696] Nigeria K002189417 No
Bogner, J. Gabon Costus maculatus K:SPC-45272.000 No
Jones, E.W. [70] Nigeria Costus albus K:SPC-26791.000 No
Pyne, C.T. [88] Sierra Leone Costus albus K:SPC-25700.000 No
Obey, J.; Melville, F.; Hooker, T. [387] Sierra Leone Costus albus K:SPC-29775.000 No
Adames, P. [473] Liberia Costus albus K:SPC-27662.000 No
Jul 1, 1995 Harris, D.J. [2815] Cameroon Costus littoralis K000025728 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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