costus

Costus (Costus) is a genus of plants in the family Costaceae. They are native to Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

EOL has data for 5 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Hawaii
native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii
number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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114
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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rhizomatous plant
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0005532
- Definition: a plant having a rhizome, a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of costus. View this species on GBIF

Costus