Biology:Dimerocostus
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Dimerocostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1891.[1][2][3] It is native to Central and South America.[4][5][6][7]
Dimerocostus can be can be distinguished from Costus, Monocostus, and Chamaecostus by its two chambered ovary (rather than three chambered).[8]
- Species[4]
- Dimerocostus argenteus (Ruiz & Pav.) Maas - Peru, Bolivia
- Dimerocostus cryptocalyx N.R.Salinas & Betancur - Colombia
- Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze - Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (including Venezuelan Antilles), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
References
- ↑ Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 687-688 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Dimerocostus Kuntze
- ↑ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela
- ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
- ↑ Skinner, Dave (2016). "Ornamental Costus". Campinas SP 22 (3): 308. https://www.gingersrus.com/publications/Ornamental_Costus.pdf.
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