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12.
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Epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial herb to c.
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long; sheaths, ligule and petiole glabrous; lamina sometimes purplish on lower side, coriaceous and somewhat fleshy, narrowly elliptic, 920 by
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, glabrous on both sides, base acute to obtuse, apex acuminate (acumen
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long).
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generally several per flowering branch, each one few- to several-flowered, ovoid, 24 by
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1 per bract; bracts pale brownish green to reddish brown, slightly dotted with pink, chartaceous, ovate, 0.51 by
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, callus sometimes present and then c.
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long; appendages absent; bracteole tubular,
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long, lobes shallowly ovatetriangular,
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long; corolla hyaline, whitish with some pink or brown and red dots,
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, margin crenulate; stamen white with red dots, 2027 by
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c. 1.5 by
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.
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Distribution of
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a. Habit showing 2 basal inflorescences; b. leaves with ligules; c. bracteole, calyx and ovary; d. inflorescence with flower (a, b:
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<paragraph blockId="21.[113,765,1621,2152]" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Distribution — West Africa (Nigeria); Central Africa (Cam- eroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon).</paragraph>
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Habitat &amp; Ecology — In primary or sometimes secondary rainforest rich in
<emphasis box="[283,465,2039,2062]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Caesalpinioideae</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName box="[515,756,2039,2062]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Humiriaceae" genus="Sacoglottis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gabonensis">
<emphasis box="[515,756,2039,2062]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Sacoglottis gabonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sometimes epiphytic on
<taxonomicName box="[360,587,2069,2092]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Baillonella" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="toxisperma">
<emphasis box="[360,587,2069,2092]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Baillonella toxisperma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Tetraberlinia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bifoliolata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Tetraberlinia bifoliolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or on sandy to rocky soil, at elevations of
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0
<specimenCount box="[685,764,2099,2122]" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" type="generic">800 m.</specimenCount>
</quantity>
Flowering and fruiting: all year through.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="301" type="conservation">
<paragraph blockId="21.[824,1474,1621,1817]" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">
IUCN Conservation Status —
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<emphasis box="[1176,1369,1621,1644]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Costus lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in about 17 locations with an AOO of
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. Six of these loca- tions have a protected status. Since we are unable to identify material of this species or
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[1112,1224,1707,1731]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[1112,1224,1707,1731]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
where the petal colour is not apparent, this species is likely to be more common than currently assessed. We therefore assess it as Least Concern (
<collectionCode box="[831,867,1794,1817]" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">LC</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="303" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="21.[824,1474,1839,2150]" lastBlockId="23.[113,765,174,314]" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="303" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">
Notes —
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<emphasis box="[954,1143,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">Costus lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be recognized by its mostly epiphytic habit, flowers with a bright yellow labellum and its inflorescences placed laterally in the axil of a leaf or terminating a separate leafless shoot. However, it is almost impossible to distinguish
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<emphasis box="[945,1087,1954,1977]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[1149,1261,1954,1977]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[1149,1261,1954,1977]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except for the strik- ing difference they show in the colour of their labellum: yellow in
<taxonomicName box="[849,990,2012,2035]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[849,990,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and lilac in
<emphasis box="[1115,1233,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[1115,1229,2012,2035]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">C. lilaceus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In the material studied we found
<specimenCount box="[936,1089,2041,2064]" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" type="generic">12 specimens</specimenCount>
to be unidentifiable due to lack of information regarding flower colour on the label. The shoot of
<taxonomicName box="[824,962,2098,2121]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="21" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[824,962,2098,2121]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="301">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is brown (ligule) alternating with green (internodal part of the stem). The labellum of the flowers of
<taxonomicName authority="Pellegr." authorityName="Pellegr." box="[435,633,174,197]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="23" pageNumber="303" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="letestui">
<emphasis box="[435,541,174,197]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">C. letestui</emphasis>
Pellegr.
</taxonomicName>
, now in syn- onymy with
<taxonomicName box="[243,385,203,226]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="23" pageNumber="303" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[243,385,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, was described by Koechlin (1965, 1965) as being pink. However, the flowers of
<taxonomicName box="[611,720,232,255]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="23" pageNumber="303" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="letestui">
<emphasis box="[611,720,232,255]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">C. letestui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are yellow, as in
<taxonomicName authority="Baker" authorityName="Baker" box="[245,455,261,285]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="23" pageNumber="303" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[245,385,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
Baker
</taxonomicName>
, because the label of the
<typeStatus box="[718,763,262,285]" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">type</typeStatus>
specimen
<emphasis box="[223,373,291,314]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">Le Testu 1683</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[387,404,291,314]" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">P</collectionCode>
) reads: Epiphyte à fleurs jaunes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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