Species notes
About Costus speciosus
Costus speciosus is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Hellenia speciosa, an accepted species in the family Costaceae, within the order Zingiberales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, and Hainan. 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
- Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Hainan
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy