Paracostus Explained

Paracostus is a group of plants in the family Costaceae described as a genus in 2006.^[1] It is native to Borneo and to tropical Africa.^{[2] [3]}

Species

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• Paracostus englerianus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Gabon, Islands of the Gulf of Guinea
• Paracostus paradoxus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Borneo

Notes and References

1. Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=344562 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Nabilah Syakirah, Binti Mohd Ali (2017). "Systematic study of the genus Paracostus C. D. Specht (Costaceae) from Northern West of Sarawak: Leaf Morphological and Anatomical Aspects". Final year project report.