Cheilocostus
Genus of flowering plants
| Cheilocostus | |
|---|---|
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| Cheilocostus speciosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Costaceae |
| Genus: | Cheilocostus C.D.Specht, 2006 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Cheilocostus[1][2] is a genus of flowering plant in the family Costaceae, with the type species C. speciosus. Databases are currently (September 2020) inconsistent, with some botanists preferring to place the five species in the genus Hellenia.[3]
Species
The Plant List lists five accepted species:[4]
- Cheilocostus borneensis A.D.Poulsen
- Cheilocostus globosus (Blume) C.D.Specht
- Cheilocostus lacerus (Gagnep.) C.D.Specht
- Cheilocostus sopuensis (Maas & H.Maas) C.D.Specht
- Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht
References
- ^ Specht CD, Stevenson DW (2006) A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales) Taxon. 55 (1), pp. 153-163.
- ^ Leong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name Cheilocostus against Hellenia and Tsiana (Costaceae). Taxon (2482) 65: 1426-1427.
- ^ POWO: Cheilocostus C.D.Specht (retrieved 23 September 2020)
- ^ The Plant List (accessed 23/9/2020)
External links
Media related to Cheilocostus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cheilocostus at Wikispecies
