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Costus arabicus

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Internal ID UUID643ff468c1730275937418
Scientific name Costus arabicus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 2 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Costus arrabidae Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 426 (1840)
Costus brasiliensis K.Schum. Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 403 (1904)
Costus discolor Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam. : t. 81 (1828)
Costus glabratus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 11 (1788)
Costus gracilis Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 711 (1929)
Costus niveopurpureus Jacq. Fragm. Bot. : 55 (1806)
Costus niveus G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 1 (1818)
Costus pilgeri K.Schum. Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 404 (1904)
Costus pubescens S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 481 (1895)
Costus pubescens f. fibrillosa Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 711 (1929)
Costus ramosus Woodson in A.C.Sm. Lloydia 2: 171 (1939)
Costus sextus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 26 (1817)
Costus spiralis var. hirsutus Petersen Fl. Bras. 3(3): 55 (1890)
Costus validus Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 711 (1929)
Costus verschaffeltianus Lem. Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 381 (1854)
Costus glabratus var. niveopurpureus (Jacq.) Petersen Fl. Bras. 3(3): 53. 1890
Costus verschaffeltii Lem. Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 381 1854

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic قسط عربي

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000362855
Tropicos 34500443
INPN 629431
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796267-1
The Plant List kew-234565
Open Tree Of Life 350880
NCBI Taxonomy 168179
IPNI 796267-1
iNaturalist 504230
GBIF 2756818
EOL 1122528
USDA GRIN 426908

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Understanding formation processes of calcareous nephrolithiasis in renal interstitium and tubule lumen Dong C, Zhou J, Su X, He Z, Song Q, Song C, Ke H, Wang C, Liao W, Yang S J Cell Mol Med 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10955165
doi:10.1111/jcmm.18235
PMID:38509735
Female naturalists and the patterns of suppression of women scientists in history: the example of Maria Sibylla Merian and her contributions about useful plants Mariath F, Baratto LC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10182609
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00589-1
PMID:37173737
Evolutionary convergence on hummingbird pollination in Neotropical Costus provides insight into the causes of pollinator shifts Kay KM, Grossenbacher DL New Phytol 24-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9826479
doi:10.1111/nph.18464
PMID:36068995
The genetic mechanisms underlying the convergent evolution of pollination syndromes in the Neotropical radiation of Costus L. Valderrama E, Landis JB, Skinner D, Maas PJ, Maas-van de Kramer H, André T, Grunder N, Sass C, Pinilla-Vargas M, Guan CJ, Phillips HR, de Almeida AM, Specht CD Front Plant Sci 08-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9493542
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.874322
PMID:36161003
The anti‐Trypanosoma activities of medicinal plants: A systematic review of the literature Nekoei S, Khamesipour F, Habtemariam S, de Souza W, Mohammadi Pour P, Hosseini SR Vet Med Sci 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9677405
doi:10.1002/vms3.912
PMID:36037401
Caution with colour calculations: spectral purity is a poor descriptor of flower colour visibility van der Kooi CJ, Spaethe J Ann Bot 21-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9295922
doi:10.1093/aob/mcac069
PMID:35726715
Study of a more than a hundred years old theriac jar’ content: A famous thousand-year-old counter-poison Ricordel I, Milan N, Sibille P, Boillot M, de Vaugelade S, Pirnay S Toxicol Rep 17-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8258787
doi:10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.06.009
PMID:34307055
Ethnopharmacological study of natural products used for traditional cancer therapy in Algeria Taïbi K, Abderrahim LA, Ferhat K, Betta S, Taïbi F, Bouraada F, Boussaid M Saudi Pharm J 21-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7679473
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.011
PMID:33250653
Selective attraction in bird-pollinated flowers. A commentary on: ‘Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents’ Lunau K, Gerten S Ann Bot 28-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7539357
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa144
PMID:32856689
Participatory methods on the recording of traditional knowledge about medicinal plants in Atlantic forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Sauini T, Stern da Fonseca-Kruel V, Baptistela Yazbek P, Matta P, Cassas F, da Cruz C, Hortal Pereira Barretto E, Alice dos Santos M, Angelica Silva Gomes M, José Francischetti Garcia R, Honda S, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Esteves Conde B, Rodrigues E PLoS One 07-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7205242
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232288
PMID:32379779
Preprotection of Tea Polysaccharides with Different Molecular Weights Can Reduce the Adhesion between Renal Epithelial Cells and Nano-Calcium Oxalate Crystals Zhao YW, Liu L, Li CY, Zhang H, Sun XY, Ouyang JM Oxid Med Cell Longev 06-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7199607
doi:10.1155/2020/1817635
PMID:32411319
Spatio-temporal effects of climate change on the geographical distribution and flowering phenology of hummingbird-pollinated plants Correa-Lima AP, Varassin IG, Barve N, Zwiener VP Ann Bot 16-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6798834
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz079
PMID:31310652
Dietary Plants for the Prevention and Management of Kidney Stones: Preclinical and Clinical Evidence and Molecular Mechanisms Nirumand MC, Hajialyani M, Rahimi R, Farzaei MH, Zingue S, Nabavi SM, Bishayee A Int J Mol Sci 07-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5877626
doi:10.3390/ijms19030765
PMID:29518971
The synthesized plant metabolite 3,4,5-tri-O-galloyl quinic acid methyl ester inhibits calcium oxalate crystal growth in a Drosophila model, downregulates renal cell surface Annexin A1 expression, and decreases crystal adhesion to cells Mohamed AE, Bastos JK, Han JJ, Previdi D, Coelho EB, Donate PM, Romero MF, Lieske J J Med Chem 13-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC9190264
doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01566
PMID:29406740
Medicinal Plants from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Used as Immunostimulants Alonso-Castro AJ, Juárez-Vázquez MD, Campos-Xolalpa N Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 03-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4794563
doi:10.1155/2016/4017676
PMID:27042188

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