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Accession Data:

Costus allenii Maas

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Costaceae (K. Schum.) Nak.

  • Country of Origin: C. America to NW. Venezuela

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900144
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994679
  • Provenance: 
    Kress# 3705
Jun 1987
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3211 - ZING:Research Curcuma
    • Currently: dormant
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 02-03-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Costaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Costa Rica / Honduras / Panama / Venezuela / Colombia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:35:35 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

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Current Accessions in the Costaceae

  • Chamaecostus cuspidatus
  • Cheilocostus speciosus W/C
  • Costus asplundii
  • Costus bracteatus
  • Costus chartaceus W/C
  • Costus dubius
  • Costus lasius
  • Costus lateriflorus
  • Costus phaeotrichus W/C
  • Costus pictus
  • Costus productus
  • Costus scaber
  • Costus spectabilis
  • Costus spicatus W/C
  • Costus tappenbeckianus
  • Costus tonkinensis
  • Costus vargasii
  • Costus vinosus W/C
  • Costus afer
  • Costus aff. guanaiensis
  • Costus allenii
  • Costus comosus var. bakeri
  • Costus malortieanus
  • Costus pulverulentus
  • Costus woodsonii
  • Dimerocostus strobilaceus
  • Monocostus uniflorus
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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