Costus spicatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Costaceae
Genus: Costus
Species: Costus spicatus

Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw., Prodr.: 11. 1788.

Basionym
- Alpinia spicata Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 11. 1760. – Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 1(–2), t. 1. 1763.

Heterotypic
- Costus cylindricus Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 54(–55), t. 77. 1806.

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page.
Jacquin, N.J. 1763. Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. XII + 284 pp., index, 184 tt. Ex officina Krausiana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Jacquin, N.J. 1800–1809. Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata, ab anno 1800 ad annum 1809 per sex fasciculos edita. 86 pp., index, 138 tt. Typis Mathiae Andreae Schmidt, Viennae Austriae [Vienna]. BHL Reference page.
Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Costaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 248–249. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.
Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Costus spicatus. Published online. Accessed: 02 August 2018. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Costus spicatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 08 02. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Costus spicatus.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Costus spicatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-08-02.
Hassler, M. 2018. Costus spicatus. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 August 02. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Costus spicatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 August 2018. Reference page.

The names Costus spicatus and Costus cylindricus have also been applied to Costus scaber.