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Paracostus
Sign in to saveParacostus is a group of plants in the family Costaceae described as a genus in 2006. It is native to Borneo and to tropical Africa.
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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Paracostus, and connects out to Africa, plant and Borneo.
It sits within the topics Costaceae and Zingiberales genera.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyCostaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Costaceae
- Collections
- B
- Recorded in
- Ivory Coast, Cameroon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Costaceae
- Image
- Paracostus englerianus (Costus englerianus) - Flora park - Cologne, Germany - DSC00689.jpg
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- taxon name
- Paracostus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Paracostus
- Commons category
- Paracostus
- taxon common name
- 独叶姜属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Paracostus is a group of plants in the family Costaceae described as a genus in 2006. It is native to Borneo and to tropical Africa.
==Species== Paracostus englerianus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Gabon, Islands of the Gulf of Guinea Paracostus paradoxus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Borneo
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