''Chamaecostus'' is a group of plants in the

Costaceae Costaceae, known as the ''Costus'' family or spiral gingers, is a family of pantropical monocots. It belongs to the order Zingiberales, which contains horticulturally and economically important plants such as the banana (Musaceae), bird-of-para ...

described as a genus in 2006. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

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Chamaecostus congestiflorus ''Chamaecostus'' is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 2006. It is endemic to South America. ; Species * '' Chamaecostus congestiflorus'' - Venezuela, N Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana * '' Chamaecostus curcumoi ...

'' - Venezuela, N Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana * '' Chamaecostus curcumoides'' - French Guiana * '' Chamaecostus cuspidatus'' - E Brazil * '' Chamaecostus fragilis'' - Colombia, N Brazil * '' Chamaecostus fusiformis'' -

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana a ...

* '' Chamaecostus lanceolatus'' - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana * '' Chamaecostus subsessilis'' - Brazil, Bolivia

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q311799 Costaceae Zingiberales genera