''Monocostus'' 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-parad ...

described as a genus in 1904.Tropicos, ''Chamaecostus'' C.D. Specht & D.W. Stev.
/ref> There is only one known species, ''Monocostus uniflorus'',

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3321108 Costaceae Monotypic Zingiberales genera Flora of Peru