Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Zingiberales > Costaceae > Hellenia > Hellenia speciosaHellenia speciosa (canereed)Synonyms: Amomum arboreum; Amomum hirsutum (heterotypic); Banksea speciosa (homotypic); Cardamomum arboreum; Cheilocostus potierae; Cheilocostus speciosus (homotypic); Costus angustifolius; Costus argyrophyllus; Costus crispiflorus; Costus foeniculaceus; Costus formosanus; Costus glaber; Costus glabratus (heterotypic); Costus hirsutus (heterotypic); Costus lamingtonii; Costus loureiroi; Costus nipalensis; Costus potierae; Costus sericeus; Costus speciosus (homotypic); Costus speciosus angustifolius; Costus speciosus argyrophyllus (homotypic); Costus speciosus dilnavaziae; Costus speciosus formosanus; Costus speciosus glaber; Costus speciosus hirsutus; Costus speciosus sericeus; Costus speciosus var. angustifolius; Costus speciosus var. argyrophyllus (homotypic); Costus speciosus var. dilnavaziae; Costus speciosus var. formosanus; Costus speciosus var. glaber; Costus speciosus var. hirsutus; Costus speciosus var. leocalyx; Costus speciosus var. nipalensis; Costus speciosus var. sericeus; Costus spicatus pubescens; Costus spicatus var. pubescens; Costus vaginalis; Hellenia grandiflora; Hellenia speciosa var. dilnavaziae; Hellenia speciosa var. dilnavazii; Kaempferia speciosa (homotypic); Planera speciosa (homotypic); Pyxa speciosa; Pyxa speciosa var. dilnavaziae; Tsiana speciosa (homotypic) Cheilocostus speciosus or (syn. Costus speciosus) or crêpe ginger is possibly the best known cultivated species of the genus Costus. This plant is native to southeast Asia and surrounding regions, from India to China to Queensland, It is especially common on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is also reportedly naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, Fiji, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Belize, Melanesia, Micronesia, and the West Indies. |
| Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Structure [1] | Herb |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 4Abundance of food plant species and food habits of Rhinoceros unicornis Linn. in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, Pradip Konwar, Malabika Kakati Saikia & P.K. Saikia, Journal of Threatened Taxa | September 2009 | 1(9): 457-460 |
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
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