Costaceae
Chamaecostus

Chamaecostus subsessilis (Nees & Mart.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.

First published in Taxon 55: 158 (2006)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Brazil. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [897] Brazil Costus subsessilis K000578678 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Pedroga, J.A.; Corrêa, T.R.; Piva, J.H. [1214] Brazil Costus subsessilis K000578316 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [15666] Brazil Costus subsessilis K000586748 Isolectotype Yes
Philcox, D. [4061] Brazil Costus subsessilis K:SPC-35051.000 No
Ule, E. [9197] Peru Costus subsessilis K000586760 Type Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22180] Brazil Costus subsessilis K000586746 Isotype Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22181] Brazil Costus subsessilis K000586747 Type Yes
Burchell [6365] Brazil Costus subsessilis K000586745 Type Yes
Steinbach, J. [7386] Bolivia Costus subsessilis K000586761 Type Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1487] Bolivia Costus warmingii K000295440 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images