Dimerocostus Explained

Dimerocostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1891.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is native to Central and South America.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Dimerocostus can be can be distinguished from Costus, Monocostus, and Chamaecostus by its two chambered ovary (rather than three chambered).^[8]

Species^[4]

• Dimerocostus argenteus (Ruiz & Pav.) Maas - Peru, Bolivia
• Dimerocostus cryptocalyx N.R.Salinas & Betancur - Colombia
• Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze - Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (including Venezuelan Antilles), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4109#page/313/mode/1up Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 687-688
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031366 Tropicos, Dimerocostus Kuntze
3. Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=239704 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela
7. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
8. Skinner . Dave . Ornamental Costus . Campinas SP . 2016 . 22 . 3 . 308 .