''Dimerocostus'' is a group of plants in the
Costaceae described as a genus in 1891. It is native to
Central and
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 ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín]
; Species[
* '' Dimerocostus argenteus'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Maas - Peru, Bolivia
* '' Dimerocostus cryptocalyx'' N.R.Salinas & Betancur - Colombia
* '' Dimerocostus strobilaceus'' Kuntze - Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (including Venezuelan Antilles), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3028084
Costaceae
Zingiberales genera