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Dimerocostus

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Dimerocostus
Dimerocostus strobilaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Dimerocostus
Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
  • Mulfordia Rusby

Dimerocostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1891.[2][3][4] It is native to Central and South America.[1][5][6][7]

Dimerocostus can be can be distinguished from Costus, Monocostus, and Chamaecostus by its two chambered ovary (rather than three chambered).[8]

Species[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 687-688 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Dimerocostus Kuntze
  4. ^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
  5. ^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  6. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela
  7. ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  8. ^ Skinner, Dave (2016). "Ornamental Costus" (PDF). Campinas SP. 22 (3): 308.