''Cheilocostus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family
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 ...
, with the type species ''
C. speciosus''. Databases are currently (September 2020) inconsistent, with some botanists preferring to place the five species in the genus ''
Hellenia''.
Species
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species ...
lists five accepted species:
The Plant List (accessed 23/9/2020)
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* '' Cheilocostus borneensis'' A.D.Poulsen
* '' Cheilocostus globosus'' (Blume) C.D.Specht
* '' Cheilocostus lacerus'' (Gagnep.) C.D.Specht
* '' Cheilocostus sopuensis'' (Maas & H.Maas) C.D.Specht
* ''Cheilocostus speciosus
''Cheilocostus speciosus'', or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym '' Hellenia speciosa'' for this species.
It is native to southeast Asia and surrounding regions ...
'' (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht
References
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Costaceae