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Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Costus (family Costaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 234761) with original publication details: Fl. Peruv. 1: 2 1798.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796376-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Costus anachiri Jacq.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus ciliatus Miq.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus cylindricus var. anachiri (Jacq.) Petersen	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus cylindricus var. ciliatus (Miq.) Petersen	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus nutans K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus puchucupango J.F.Macbr.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus quintus Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus scaberulus Rich. ex Gagnep.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Costus tatei Rusby	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-234761, and has not been changed.