Monocostus

Monocostus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Monocostus
K.Schum.
Species:
M. uniflorus
Binomial name
Monocostus uniflorus
(Poepp. ex Petersen) Maas
Synonyms[1]
  • Costus uniflorus Poepp. ex Petersen
  • Dimerocostus uniflorus (Poepp. ex Petersen) K.Schum.
  • Monocostus ulei K.Schum.

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. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1904. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46(Heft 20): 427
  3. ^ Tropicos, Monocostus K. Schum.
  4. ^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
  5. ^ Tropicos, Chamaecostus C.D. Specht & D.W. Stev.