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The genus Costus is in the family Costaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Costus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Costus acanthocephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus acreanus (Loes.) Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus adolphi-friderici Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus afer Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus allenii Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus amazonicus (Loes.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus amazonicus Linden ex K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus arabicus L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus araneosus Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus asplundii (Maas) Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus asteranthus Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus barbatus Suess.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus beckii Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus bicolor J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus bracteatus Rowlee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus bullatus Meekiong, Muliati & Ipor	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus chartaceus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus chrysocephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus claviger Benoist	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus clemensiae Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Costus cordatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus cupreifolius Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus curvibracteatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus deistelii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus dendrophilus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus dewevrei De Wildemann & T. Durand	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Costus dinklagei K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus dirzoi García-Mend. & G.Ibarra	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus eburneus Meekiong, Muliati & Tawan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus erythrocoryne K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus erythrophyllus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus erythrothyrsus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus fissicalyx N.R.Salinas, Clavijo & Betancur	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus fissiligulatus Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus fortalezae K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus gabonensis Koechlin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus geothyrsus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus giganteus Welw. ex Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus glaucus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus guanaiensis Rusby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Costus juruanus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus laevis Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus lasius Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus lateriflorus Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus le-testui Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ledermannii Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus leucanthus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ligularis Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus lima K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus longibracteolatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus maboumiensis Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus macranthus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus maculatus Roscoe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus malortieanus H.Wendl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus megalobractea K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus microcephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus monosperma Miq.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Costus montanus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus mosaicus W.Bull	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus muluensis Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus mulus Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus nemotrichus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus nitidus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus nudicaulis Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus oblongus S.Q.Tong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus oligophyllus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus osae Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus phaeotrichus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus pictus D.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus plicatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus plowmanii Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus prodigiosus A. Chev.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Costus productus Gleason ex Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Costus pulverulentus C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus purpurascens Huber	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Costus quasi-appendiculatus Woodson ex Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus registrator Büsgen	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ricus Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus rumphianus Valeton ex K.Heyne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus sarmentosus Bojer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus schlechteri H.J.P.Winkl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus sepacuitensis Rowlee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus sprucei Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus stenophyllus Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus subbiflorus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus sulfureus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus talbotii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus tappenbeckianus J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus tappenbeckianus Braun-Blanq. & K. Schum.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Costus tonkinensis Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ubangiensis Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ulei Loes.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus vargasii Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus varzearum Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus villosissimus Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus vinosus Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus violaceus Koechlin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus viridis S.Q.Tong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus wilsonii Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus woodsonii Maas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus zamoranus Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus zingiberoides J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 199 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Costus. Of these 105 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 30 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Costus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 199 species names for the genus Costus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	105	52.8%
◕	Synonym	87	43.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	3.5%

All names

The status of the 229 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Costus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	109	47.6%
◕	Synonym	113	49.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	3.1%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 199 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Costus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	105	82	0	0	187	94.0%
	Medium confidence	0	5	0	0	5	2.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	7	7	3.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Costus is as follows: