Biology:Costus longibracteolatus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Costus longibracteolatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Costaceae |
| Genus: | Costus |
| Species: | C. longibracteolatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Costus longibracteolatus Maas
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Costus longibracteolatus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Costus. Its native range is western South America to Guyana, where it grows in forests at lower elevations.[1][2] Costus longibracteolatus is known locally as Caña and Caña agria in Spanish, Sacha chiguilla in Kichwa, and Kiwácyo in Bora.[3] It was first described by Paul Maas in 1972.
Costus longibracteolatus has the common cultivars Costus 'Kiss of Death' and Costus 'Long Kiss'.[4]
References
- ↑ Maas, P. J. M. (1972). "Costoideae (Zingiberaceae)". Flora Neotropica 8: 72–73. ISSN 0071-5794. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4393675.
- ↑ "Costus longibracteolatus Maas" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66873-2.
- ↑ Maas, P.J.M.; Maas-van de Kamer, H.; André, T.; Skinner, D.; Valderrama, E.; Specht, C.D. (2025). "A revision of the Neotropical Costaceae: results from sixty years of taxonomic struggle". bioRxiv 10.1101/2025.01.15.633188.
- ↑ Skinner, Dave. "Costus longibracteolatus". https://www.gingersrus.com/DataSheet.php?PID=4006.
Wikidata ☰ Q15325201 entry
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