Monocostus
| Monocostus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Costaceae |
| Genus: | Monocostus K.Schum. |
| Binomial name | |
| Monocostus uniflorus (Poepp. ex Petersen) Maas | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monocostus is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1904.[2][3][4][5] There is only one known species, Monocostus uniflorus, endemic to Peru.[1]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1904. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46(Heft 20): 427
- ↑ Tropicos, Monocostus K. Schum.
- ↑ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
- ↑ Tropicos, Chamaecostus C.D. Specht & D.W. Stev.
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