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Costus spectabilis

Synonyms: Cadalvena dalzielii; Cadalvena pistiifolia; Cadalvena spectabilis (homotypic); Costus pistiifolius; Kaempferia spectabilis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) Schumann, commonly known as the yellow trumpet, is an African, gregarious species of herb; low and perennial, it is found from Sierra Leone to Sudan to as far south as Angola and Zimbabwe.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gombe National Park II 8799 Tanzania
Mahale Mountains National Park II 398414 Tanzania

Emblem of

Nigeria

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0