Monocostus
Appearance
Monocostus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Costaceae |
Genus: | Monocostus K.Schum. |
Species: | M. uniflorus
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Binomial name | |
Monocostus uniflorus (Poepp. ex Petersen) Maas
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Monocostus is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1904.[2][3][4][5] There is only one known species, Monocostus uniflorus, endemic to Peru.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1904. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46(Heft 20): 427
- ^ Tropicos, Monocostus K. Schum.
- ^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
- ^ Tropicos, Chamaecostus C.D. Specht & D.W. Stev.