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Vernacular names of plants within the Tribe Costeae

Hierarchical position of the Tribe Costeae

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.    Subfamilia  Costoideae Blume ex Hassk. pub. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 51. Oct 1844.    Tribus  Costeae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 389, Comm. 291. 17-20 Aug 1842.

Named members of the Tribe Costeae

1	Genus  Costus L. pub. (1753) common name: costus

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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