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Internal ID UUID68f8fc58aa074930403459
Scientific name Hellenia globosa
Authority (Blume) S.R.Dutta
First published in Pleione 4: 152 (2010)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Costus dhaninivatii K.Larsen Felicit. Vol. Southeast Asian Stud. 1: 150 (1965)
Costus globosus Blume Enum. Pl. Javae : 62 (1827)
Costus globosus var. kingii (Baker) Holttum Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 244 (1950)
Costus globosus var. ridleyi (K.Schum.) Holttum Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 244 (1950)
Costus globosus var. velutinus (Ridl.) Holttum Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 244 (1950)
Costus kingii Baker Fl. Brit. India 6: 250 (1892)
Costus ridleyi K.Schum. Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 411 (1904)
Costus velutinus Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 57: 103 (1911)
Cheilocostus globosus (Blume) C.D.Specht Taxon 55: 160 (2006)
Costus roxburghii Hasselt Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol. 3: 189 (1824)

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Chinese 球花闭鞘姜

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World Flora Online wfo-0001329104
Tropicos 100394928
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60457879-2
Open Tree Of Life 1077261
NCBI Taxonomy 168181
IPNI 60457879-2
GBIF 7722074

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Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_052075585.1 ASM5207558v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-08-17 60 863.27 Mb

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