Species notes
About Costus malortieanus
Costus malortieanus is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Costus elegans, an accepted species in the family Costaceae, within the order Zingiberales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Family
- Costaceae
- Order
- Zingiberales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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