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The Botanical System of the Plants
Das Botanisches System der Pflanzen
Friedrich A. Lohmueller

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Species: ~ 80 (former: ~ 100)
Geography: pantropical.

• Costus afer Ker Gawl. - Senegal, Nigeria,
    (syn.: Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum)
• Costus allenii Maas
• Costus arabicus L.
• Costus barbatus Suess. - (Spiral Ginger)
• Costus chartaceus Maas - (Christmas Costus)
• Costus claviger Benoist
• Costus curvibracteatus Maas -(Spiralingwer)
• Costus comosus Roscoe - Central America, northern South America
• Costus cuspidatus (Nees & Mart.) Maas
• Costus deistellii K.Schum. — tropical Africa.
• Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum. = Costus afer Ker Gawl.
• Costus englerianus K.Schum
• Costus erythrothyrsus Loes. (Rotblättriger Spiralingwer, Rotblättriger Zieringwer)
• Costus erythrocoryne
• Costus fragilis Maas
• Costus fusiformis Maas
• Costus giganteus - (Giant Ginger)
• Costus guanaiensis Rusby
• Costus igneus
• Costus laevis Ruiz & Pav - southern Central America, northern South America
• Costus lasius Loes.
• Costus lima K.Schum.
• Costus ligularis
• Costus longebracteolatus
• Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum. - (Kreppingwer) - Central Africa: Kamerun, Kongo.
• Costus malortieanus H.Wendl. - (Spiralingwer) - Costa Rica.
• Costus osae Maas & H. Maas - Costa Rica.
• Costus oblongus S.Q.Tong - China: southern Xizang, western Yunnan.
• Costus phaeotrichus
• Costus phyllocephalus
• Costus potierae F.Muell.
• Costus pulverulentus C.Presl
• Costus ricus Maas & H.Maas - southern Central America, northern South America
• Costus rumphianus Valeton ex K.Heyne
• Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.
• Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw.
• Costus spectabilis
• Costus speciosus (J.Konig) Sm. – (Crape Ginger) - southeast Asia.
• Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. – (Spiked Spirlaflag Ginger)
    (Syn.: Costus cylindricus Jacq., Alpinia spicata Jacq., Costus stenophyllus Standl. & L.O.Williams, Costus tappenbeckianus J.Braun & K.Schum.)
• Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe
• Costus spiralis var. spiralis
• Costus spiralis var. villosus Maas
• Costus stenophyllus Standl. & L.O.Williams
• Costus tappenbeckianus Br.-Bl. & K.Schum.
• Costus tonkinensis Gagnep. - China: (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan), Vietnam.
• Costus villosissimus Jacq.
• Costus viridis S.Q.Tong - China: Yunnan
• Costus tapenbeckianus
• Costus woodsonii Maas