Chamaecostus

Chamaecostus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Costaceae
Genus:
Species: C. acaulis – C. congestiflorus – C. curcumoides – C. cuspidatus – C. fragilis – C. fusiformis – C. lanceolatus – C. subsessilis

Name

Chamaecostus C.D.Specht, (2006)

  • Typus: Chamaecostus subsessilis (Nees & Mart.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev. (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela,
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia,
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

  • Specht, C.D. & Stevenson, D.W. 2006. A new phylogeny‐based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153-163. DOI: 10.2307/25065537 Paywall PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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