- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60478971-2
- Species Name
- Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 249 (1791).
- Publication
- Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London
- Collation
- 8: t. 665
- Date of Publication
- 1 Nov 1822
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Costaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- “... flowered in Lord Caernarvon's hothouse at Highclere; where it had been grown from seed obtained from Dr. Wallich of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta”; The plant has been likewise raised by Messrs. Colvill, at Chelsea, from Nepal seed.
- Distribution Of Types
- Nepal (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Remarks
The subject of our drawing was sent us by Mr. Gowen
Links
- Replaced synonym of
- Costus nepalensis Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. 7-8: t. 80 (1826).