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Internal ID UUID643ff486df99d486382023
Scientific name Costus villosissimus
Authority Jacq.
First published in Fragm. Bot. : 55 (1806)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Costus friedrichsenii Petersen Bot. Tidsskr. 18: 260 (1893)
Costus hirsutus C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 112 (1827)
Costus septimus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 26 (1817)

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Language Common/alternative name
English spiral flag
Chinese 金毛闭鞘姜

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Jamaica
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000363721
USDA Plants COVI17
Tropicos 34500178
INPN 845971
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796399-1
The Plant List kew-234814
Open Tree Of Life 620947
NCBI Taxonomy 328786
IUCN Red List 56349339
IPNI 796399-1
iNaturalist 436037
GBIF 2756895
EOL 1122438

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Flexible drought deciduousness in a neotropical understory herb Harenčár JG, Ávila‐Lovera E, Goldsmith GR, Chen GF, Kay KM Am J Bot 25-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9545341
doi:10.1002/ajb2.16037
PMID:35862815
Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Romero C, Hart RE J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6011411
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0241-8
PMID:29925407
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

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