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Internal ID UUID643ff481a57d9136167836
Scientific name Costus scaber
Authority Ruiz & Pav.
First published in Fl. Peruv. 1: 2 (1798)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Costus anachiri Jacq. Fragm. Bot. : 55 (1806)
Costus ciliatus Miq. Linnaea 18: 73 (1844)
Costus cylindricus var. anachiri Petersen Fl. Bras. 3(3): 54 (1890)
Costus cylindricus var. ciliatus Petersen Fl. Bras. 3(3): 54 (1890)
Costus nutans K.Schum. Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 407 (1904)
Costus puchucupango J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 11: 49 (1931)
Costus quintus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 26 (1817)
Costus scaberulus Rich. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 99. 1902
Costus tatei Rusby Phytologia 1: 51 (1934)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish costus cylindricus var. anachiri
Spanish costus cylindricus var. ciliatus
Spanish costus nutans
Spanish costus puchucupango
Spanish costus quintus
Spanish costus tatei
Spanish costus anachiri
Spanish costus ciliatus
Arabic قسط خشن
Japanese インディアンヘッドジンジャー
Chinese 洋闭鞘姜

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000363570
USDA Plants COSC14
Tropicos 34500148
INPN 731747
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796376-1
The Plant List kew-234761
Open Tree Of Life 620945
NCBI Taxonomy 328781
IPNI 796376-1
iNaturalist 283424
GBIF 2756885
EOL 1122456
USDA GRIN 467038
Wikipedia Costus_scaber

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_049181255.1 ASM4918125v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-03-30 60 0.99 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Medicinal plants cultivated in urban home gardens in Heredia, Costa Rica González-Ball R, Bermúdez-Rojas T, Romero-Vargas M, Ceuterick M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8840630
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00505-z
PMID:35151356
Forbidden links, trait matching and modularity in plant-hummingbird networks: Are specialized modules characterized by higher phenotypic floral integration? Izquierdo-Palma J, Arizmendi MD, Lara C, Ornelas JF PeerJ 10-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7955668
doi:10.7717/peerj.10974
PMID:33854834
A Phytosociological Study on Andean Rainforests of Peru, and a Comparison with the Surrounding Countries Galán-de-Mera A, Campos-de-la-Cruz J, Linares-Perea E, Montoya-Quino J, Torres-Marquina I, Vicente-Orellana JA Plants (Basel) 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7761437
doi:10.3390/plants9121654
PMID:33256180
Functional traits of broad-leaved monocot herbs in the understory and forest edges of a Costa Rican rainforest Rundel PW, Cooley AM, Gerst KL, Riordan EC, Sharifi MR, Sun JW, Tower JA PeerJ 27-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7597634
doi:10.7717/peerj.9958
PMID:33194368
Community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with native plants growing in a petroleum‐polluted soil of the Amazon region of Ecuador Garcés‐Ruiz M, Senés‐Guerrero C, Declerck S, Cranenbrouck S Microbiologyopen 16-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6529925
doi:10.1002/mbo3.703
PMID:30117306
Herbal bathing: an analysis of variation in plant use among Saramaccan and Aucan Maroons in Suriname van ‘t Klooster CI, Haabo V, Ruysschaert S, Vossen T, van Andel TR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5856216
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0216-9
PMID:29544521
Indigenous Children’s Knowledge About Non-timber Forest Products in Suriname van den Boog T, van Andel T, Bulkan J Econ Bot 26-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5869884
doi:10.1007/s12231-017-9400-4
PMID:29606734
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community Composition in Carludovica palmata, Costus scaber and Euterpe precatoria from Weathered Oil Ponds in the Ecuadorian Amazon Garcés-Ruiz M, Senés-Guerrero C, Declerck S, Cranenbrouck S Front Microbiol 07-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5674942
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02134
PMID:29163421
Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia Paniagua Zambrana NY, Bussmann RW, Hart RE, Moya Huanca AL, Ortiz Soria G, Ortiz Vaca M, Ortiz Álvarez D, Soria Morán J, Soria Morán M, Chávez S, Chávez Moreno B, Chávez Moreno G, Roca O, Siripi E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 10-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5634836
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0179-2
PMID:29017576
Interactions of Desmethoxyyangonin, a Secondary Metabolite from Renealmia alpinia, with Human Monoamine Oxidase-A and Oxidase-B Chaurasiya ND, León F, Ding Y, Gómez-Betancur I, Benjumea D, Walker LA, Cutler SJ, Tekwani BL Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 24-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5613693
doi:10.1155/2017/4018724
PMID:29138643
Spiraling into History: A Molecular Phylogeny and Investigation of Biogeographic Origins and Floral Evolution for the Genus Costus Salzman S, Driscoll HE, Renner T, André T, Shen S, Specht CD 12-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4486287
doi:10.1600/036364415X686404
PMID:26146450
Exploring indigenous landscape classification across different dimensions: a case study from the Bolivian Amazon Riu-Bosoms C, Vidal-Amat T, Duane A, Fernandez-Llamazares A, Guèze M, Luz AC, Macía MJ, Paneque-Gálvez J, Reyes-García V Landsc Res 01-Jan-2015
PMCID:PMC4374147
doi:10.1080/01426397.2013.829810
PMID:25821282
Pathophysiology of kidney, gallbladder and urinary stones treatment with herbal and allopathic medicine: A review Alok S, Jain SK, Verma A, Kumar M, Sabharwal M Asian Pac J Trop Dis 01-Dec-2013
PMCID:PMC4027340
doi:10.1016/S2222-1808(13)60107-3
Tracking the development of the petaloid fertile stamen in Canna indica: insights into the origin of androecial petaloidy in the Zingiberales Almeida AM, Brown A, Specht CD AoB Plants 18-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC3608240
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plt009
PMID:23539493
Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2011 – 30 November 2011 ABREU AG, ALBAINA A, ALPERMANN TJ, APKENAS VE, BANKHEAD-DRONNET S, BERGEK S, BERUMEN ML, CHO CH, CLOBERT J, COULON A, DE FERAUDY D, ESTONBA A, HANKELN T, HOCHKIRCH A, HSU TW, HUANG TJ, IRIGOIEN X, IRIONDO M, KAY KM, KINITZ T, KOTHERA L, LE HÉNANFF M, LIEUTIER F, LOURDAIS O, MACRINI CM, MANZANO C, MARTIN C, MORRIS VR, NANNINGA G, PARDO MA, PLIESKE J, POINTEAU S, PRESTEGAARD T, QUACK M, RICHARD M, SAVAGE HM, SCHWARCZ KD, SHADE J, SIMMS EL, SOLFERINI VN, STEVENS VM, VEITH M, WEN MJ, WICKER F, YOST JM, ZARRAONAINDIA I Mol Ecol Resour 01-Feb-2012
PMCID:PMC5479135
doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03109.x
PMID:22296658

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