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The genus Costus is in the family Costaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Costus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Costus acanthocephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus acreanus (Loes.) Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus adolphi-friderici Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus afer Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus allenii Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus amazonicus (Loes.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus arabicus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus araneosus Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus asplundii (Maas) Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus asteranthus Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus barbatus Suess.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus beckii Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus bicolor J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus bracteatus Rowlee	Accepted		WCSP
Costus bullatus Meekiong, Muliati & Ipor	Accepted		WCSP
Costus chartaceus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus chrysocephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus claviger Benoist	Accepted		WCSP
Costus clemensiae Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe	Accepted		WCSP
Costus cordatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus cupreifolius Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus curvibracteatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus deistelii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus dendrophilus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP
Costus dinklagei K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus dirzoi García-Mend. & G.Ibarra	Accepted		WCSP
Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus eburneus Meekiong, Muliati & Tawan	Accepted		WCSP
Costus erythrocoryne K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus erythrophyllus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus erythrothyrsus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus fissicalyx N.R.Salinas, Clavijo & Betancur	Accepted		WCSP
Costus fissiligulatus Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen	Accepted		WCSP
Costus fortalezae K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus gabonensis Koechlin	Accepted		WCSP
Costus geothyrsus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus giganteus Welw. ex Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus glaucus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus guanaiensis Rusby	Accepted		WCSP
Costus juruanus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus laevis Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus lasius Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus lateriflorus Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Costus le-testui Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus ledermannii Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus leucanthus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus ligularis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Costus lima K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus longibracteolatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus maboumiensis Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus macranthus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus maculatus Roscoe	Accepted		WCSP
Costus malortieanus H.Wendl.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus megalobractea K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus microcephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus montanus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus mosaicus W.Bull	Accepted		WCSP
Costus muluensis Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan	Accepted		WCSP
Costus nemotrichus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus nitidus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus nudicaulis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Costus oblongus S.Q.Tong	Accepted		WCSP
Costus oligophyllus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus osae Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus phaeotrichus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus pictus D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Costus plicatus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus plowmanii Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus productus Gleason ex Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus pulverulentus C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Costus quasi-appendiculatus Woodson ex Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus ricus Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus rumphianus Valeton ex K.Heyne	Accepted		WCSP
Costus sarmentosus Bojer	Accepted		WCSP
Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus schlechteri H.J.P.Winkl.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus sepacuitensis Rowlee	Accepted		WCSP
Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe	Accepted		WCSP
Costus sprucei Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus stenophyllus Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Costus subbiflorus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus sulfureus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus talbotii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus tappenbeckianus J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus tonkinensis Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus ubangiensis Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus ulei Loes.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus vargasii Maas & H.Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus varzearum Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus villosissimus Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus vinosus Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus violaceus Koechlin	Accepted		WCSP
Costus viridis S.Q.Tong	Accepted		WCSP
Costus wilsonii Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus woodsonii Maas	Accepted		WCSP
Costus zamoranus Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP
Costus zingiberoides J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 237 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Costus. Of these 104 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 40 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Costus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 237 species names for the genus Costus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	104	43.9%
◕	Synonym	127	53.6%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	4	1.7%

All names

The status of the 277 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Costus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	110	39.7%
◕	Synonym	161	58.1%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.7%
◕	Unassessed	4	1.4%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 237 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Costus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	104	121	0	0	225	94.9%
	Medium confidence	0	6	0	0	6	2.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	4	6	2.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Costus, are as follows: