Dimerocostus

Dimerocostus strobilaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Costaceae
Genus: Dimerocostus
Species: D. argenteus – D. cryptocalyx – D. strobilaceus

Name

Dimerocostus Kuntze, 1891.

• Type species: Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Mulfordia Rusby, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 165 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Caribbean Venezuelan Antilles, Northern South America Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kuntze, C.E.O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 687.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dimerocostus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Dimerocostus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dimerocostus. Published online. Accessed: November 21 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dimerocostus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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