Costus chartaceus
| Christmas costus | |
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| Cultivated in São Paulo, Brazil | |
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| At Hawaii Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Costaceae |
| Genus: | Costus |
| Species: | C. chartaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Costus chartaceus | |
Costus chartaceus, commonly known as the Christmas costus, is a perennial plant with a red inflorescence first described by Paul Maas in 1972.[1][2] It is native to Colombia and Ecuador but cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.[3][4] It is not winter hardy.[1]
Costus chartaceus is similar in appearance to Costus prancei and Costus sprucei. Costus chartaceus is known locally as Caña agria in Spanish, Allpala-shangu in Quichua, Tentemokagi in Huaorani, Úntuntup in Achuar and Jivaro, and Virucaspi in an unidentified language.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Skinner, Dave. "Costus chartaceus". GingersRus. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ↑ Paulus Johannes Maria Maas. 1972. Flora Neotropica 8: 98, f. 45, Costus chartaceus
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Costus chartaceus
- ↑ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ 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.
External links
[edit]- Hawaii Botanical Garden, very nice photo of Costus chartaceus Archived 2015-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
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