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Costus productus

Gleason ex Maas (1976)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Zingiberales Family: Costaceae Genus: Costus

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form:

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Acta Bot. Neerl. 24: 471 (1975 publ. 1976)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Costus productus Koloa Dist.; Lawai Valley, Allerton Garden, cut flower garden on E side of Lawai Stream Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Rhizomatous herb; stems 40-45 cm tall; lvs bright green; infl. bracts pinkish-red, corolla orange-red. Lorence, D.H. 7461 Kauai BISH 1994-05-16
2 Costus productus Waimea Botanical Garden & Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Plant to ca. 3.5'; bracts orangish red; flower with orange calyx becoming red at tips; labellum red; hardly exerted beyond corolla. Kirchoff, B.K. 91286 Oahu BISH 1991-06-18
3 Costus productus Koloa Dist.; Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden. Maidenhair Falls Preserved_Specimen Herb w/stems of 2.5-3 ft.; lvs in upper ΒΌ of stem, dark glossy green above, glossy grey-green below; bracts scarlet, stiff, glossy; floral bract & calyx scarlet; corolla yellow-orange, labellum & stamen orange w/fringed scarlet apex. Flynn, T.W. 5624 Kauai BISH 1994-09-23
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