Costaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Costaceae

canereed
costus
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Hierarchical position of the Family Costaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Zingiberidae Cronquist
pub. 1978
  
   SuperOrdo  Zingiberanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Zingiberales Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.
  
   Familia  Costaceae Nakai
pub. J. Jap. Bot. 17: 203. Apr 1941.

Named members of the Family Costaceae

1
   Genus  Cadalvena Fenzl
syn. Costus L.
2
   Subfamilia  Costoideae Blume ex Hassk.
pub. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 51. Oct 1844.
 
3
   Tribus  Costeae Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 389, Comm. 291. 17-20 Aug 1842.
 
4
   Genus  Costus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: costus
5
   Genus  Dimerocostus Kuntze
6
   Genus  Monocostus K.Schum.
7
   Genus  Tapeinochilos Miq.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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