Costus tonkinensis Gagnep.

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

Country of Origin: S. China to N. Vietnam
Habitat: Primary wet evergreen forest

Accession Data:

Accession # 201900157
Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000227

Provenance:

Kress# 00-6810
Kress, W. J., Prince, L. M., Xia, Y. M.
China: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna
Ex situ Conservation Area, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
21.9225, 101.2656, 25 Nov 2000

Shoots to 1.2 m, stems reddish, leaves green.  
Inflorescence on basal sessile shoot. Sterile.

Accession Date: 07-10-2019
Bench: 3313 - NEOB: Blue Tanks North
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-15-2024

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
SubClass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
SubOrder:
Family: Costaceae
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2024
2023

References (internal):

Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Vietnam

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
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 Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:59:53 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Plant Biodiversity Conservatory and Research Core

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Costus tonkinensis Gagnep.

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