Dimerocostus

Dimerocostus is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1891.[2][3][4] It is native to Central and South America.[1][5][6][7]

Species[1]
  • Dimerocostus argenteus (Ruiz & Pav.) Maas - Peru, Bolivia
  • Dimerocostus cryptocalyx N.R.Salinas & Betancur - Colombia
  • Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze - Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (including Venezuelan Antilles), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Dimerocostus
Dimerocostus strobilaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Dimerocostus
Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
  • Mulfordia Rusby

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 687-688 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Dimerocostus Kuntze
  4. Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
  5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela
  7. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
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