Costus phyllocephalus - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID643ff47a27a08214077706
Scientific name Costus phyllocephalus
Authority K.Schum.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 420 (1892)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Costus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique , Compt. Rend. 38: 139 (1899)
Costus fissiligulatus Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 93 (1902)
Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen Kew Bull. 52: 614 (1997)
Costus nudicaulis Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 300 (1898)
Costus ubangiensis Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 97 (1902)
Costus violaceus Koechlin Fl. Gabon 9: 88 (1964)

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Chinese 乌班吉闭鞘姜

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Zambia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000363342
Tropicos 34500606
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796353-1
The Plant List kew-234723
NCBI Taxonomy 1543991
IPNI 796353-1
iNaturalist 638350
GBIF 2756796
EOL 1122466
Open Tree Of Life 59602

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Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Plants Used in Nonconventional Medicine in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Chiribagula Valentin B, Ndjolo Philippe O, Mboni Henry M, Mushagalusa Kasali F Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 20-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10533323
doi:10.1155/2023/4621883
PMID:37771953
Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Critical Review of Ethnopharmacology and Bioactivity Data Kasali FM, Kadima JN, Peter EL, Mtewa AG, Ajayi CO, Tusiimire J, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE, Weisheit A, Agaba AG Front Pharmacol 27-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8579071
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.757090
PMID:34776975
Costus loangensis, an exciting new species from Gabon, Africa de Kamer HM, Maas PJ, Specht CD PhytoKeys 19-Nov-2012
PMCID:PMC3666603
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.18.3713
PMID:23730190

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