''Paracostus'' is a group of plants 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-parad ...

described as a genus in 2006. It is native to

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and to tropical

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Nabilah Syakirah, Binti Mohd Ali (2017)
"Systematic study of the genus Paracostus C. D. Specht (Costaceae) from Northern West of Sarawak: Leaf Morphological and Anatomical Aspects"
Final year project report.

Species

* '' Paracostus englerianus'' (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Gabon, Islands of the Gulf of Guinea * '' Paracostus paradoxus'' (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Borneo

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3363216 Costaceae Zingiberales genera