Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.

  • Filed As

    Costaceae
    Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.

  • Collector(s)

    G. J. Gastony 670, 14 Aug 1967

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. El Seibo. Slightly disturbed, very moist ravine of lowland rain-forest along road between Miches and El Seibo at crest of Cordillera Oriental, 30 km from El Seibo.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1505931

    Occurrence ID: dc425009-a21f-48b7-88ac-c84fe2768599

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Dominican Republic

  • State/Province

    El Seibo

  • Locality

    Slightly disturbed, very moist ravine of lowland rain-forest along road between Miches and El Seibo at crest of Cordillera Oriental, 30 km from El Seibo.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 m. (1969 ft.)

  • Distribution

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The New York

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Revision of the Costoideae
Costus scaber R. et P,

Det. P.J.M. Maas

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Seibo

No. 670	_	11+ August 1967

Costus spiralis (Jacq.} Rose.

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To 3 m. tall in wet forest. Bracts bright red,
flowers cream.

Slightly disturbed, very moist ravine of lowland rain-forest along
road between Miches and El Seibo at crest of Cordillera Oriental,
30 km. from El Seibo. Elev. ca. 600 m.

Gerald J. Gastony, Gayle C. Jones, and Daniel H. Norris

Collected under auspices of Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, New
York Botanical Garden, and Smithsonian Institution, with collaboration of
Dr. E. de Js. Marcano F., Universidad Aut6noma de Santo Domingo.

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