Costaceae information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



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Family: Costaceae Nakai

Family number: 300. Last updated: 13-Apr-2007.
Number of accepted genera: 7.
Type genus: Costus L.
Comment: monocot family.

Complete list of genera

Check other databases for:

Costaceae fruit/seed descriptions and images (U.S. National Seed Herbarium)
Higher level classification information (P. F. Steven's Angiosperm Phylogeny Website)
Reveal's concordance of Costaceae with other family classifications (University of Maryland)
Costaceae genera from Brummitt's Vascular Plant Families and Genera (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

References for family:

Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classsification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55:153–163.

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Images:

Embryo drawing (Costus speciosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Seeds (Costus speciosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?300 (24 May 2013)

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