Paracostus

Paracostus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Paracostus
C.D.Specht

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

species[2]
  1. Paracostus englerianus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Gabon, Islands of the Gulf of Guinea
  2. Paracostus paradoxus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht - Borneo

References

  1. ↑ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families