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<mods:title>Eighteen new species of Neotropical Costaceae (Zingiberales)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Maas, Paul J. M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Botany, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Maas-van de Kamer, Hiltje</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Botany, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Andre, Thiago</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Universidade de Brasilia, Departamento de Botanica, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia (DF), Brazil</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Skinner, David</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Le Jardin Ombrage, Tallahassee, (Private botanical garden, Botanic Gardens Conservation International - BGCI - registration ID 50148), Florida, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Valderrama, Eugenio</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Cornell University, Section of Plant Biology and the L. H. Bailey Hortorium, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Specht, Chelsea D.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Cornell University, Section of Plant Biology and the L. H. Bailey Hortorium, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<taxonomicName LSID="21E5187F-3300-5474-9433-14D0CC978B38" authority="D. Skinner & Maas" authorityName="D. Skinner & Maas" authorityYear="2023" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Costus obscurus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="obscurus" status="sp. nov.">Costus obscurus D.Skinner & Maas</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="75">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="D. Skinner & Maas" authorityYear="2023" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Costus obscurus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="obscurus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Costus obscurus</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Costus obscurus D. Skinner & Maas A cultivated plant from Plowman's type collection showing upright orientation of leaf lamina B inflorescence C cultivated plant showing colours and upright orientation of leaf lamina D photo showing villose indument on leaf sheaths E Indument on adaxial leaf surface F indument on abaxial leaf surface A, B cultivated specimen from Lyon Arboretum, Hawaii L- 81.0901 grown from seeds wild collected by Tim Plowman from the plant accessioned as Plowman 5054 C-F photos taken in Pantiacolla, Madre de Dios, Peru prior to collecting seeds for D. Skinner R 3322, currently in cultivation. Photos A-F by Dave Skinner." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.222.87779.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/828353" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">14</figureCitation>
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) can be recognized by its large, dark green leaves with dark purple undersides and densely whitish villose sheaths. It could superficially be confused with
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="C. erythrophyllus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erythrophyllus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C. erythrophyllus</emphasis>
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Loes. and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C. acreanus</emphasis>
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(Loes.) Maas, but these species never have densely villose sheaths.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 14.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="D. Skinner & Maas" authorityYear="2023" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Costus obscurus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="obscurus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Costus obscurus</emphasis>
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D.Skinner & Maas
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cultivated plant from
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type collection showing upright orientation of leaf lamina
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">B</emphasis>
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inflorescence
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C</emphasis>
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cultivated plant showing colours and upright orientation of leaf lamina
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">D</emphasis>
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photo showing villose indument on leaf sheaths
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">E</emphasis>
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Indument on adaxial leaf surface
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">F</emphasis>
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indument on abaxial leaf surface
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A, B</emphasis>
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cultivated specimen from Lyon Arboretum, Hawaii
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">L-81.0901</emphasis>
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grown from seeds wild collected by Tim Plowman from the plant accessioned as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Plowman 5054</emphasis>
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photos taken in Pantiacolla, Madre de Dios,
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prior to collecting seeds for
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">D.Skinner R3322</emphasis>
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, currently in cultivation. Photos
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A-F</emphasis>
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by Dave Skinner.
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<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
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.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1974-02-09" collectorName="Plowman, Davis" country="Peru" elevation="600" location="Salvacion" municipality="Shintuya" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Madre de Dios" typeStatus="holotype">
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<collectingCountry name="Peru">Peru</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion country="Peru" name="Madre de Dios">Madre de Dios</collectingRegion>
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: Prov. Manu, near
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, on road to
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,
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5054
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(
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USM; isotypes GH, L1483069, L1480371, L1480372)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Herb</emphasis>
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1-1.5 m tall.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Leaves</emphasis>
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sheaths 10-20 mm diam; ligule truncate, 10-15 mm long; petiole 8-12 mm long; sheaths, ligule and petiole densely to rather densely whitish villose; lamina narrowly elliptic, 32-45
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9-17 cm, adaxially dark green, rather densely to densely whitish villose, abaxially dark purple, densely to sparsely whitish puberulous, base acute to cordate, apex acuminate (acumen 5-10 mm long).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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ovoid, 8-13
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5-7 cm, terminating a leafy shoot; bracts, appendages of bracts, bracteole, calyx, ovary, and capsule rather densely to sparsely puberulous.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Flowers</emphasis>
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abaxially oriented; bracts green in the exposed part, red or green in the covered part, coriaceous, broadly ovate-triangular, 35-45
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30-35 mm; appendages green, erect, broadly ovate-triangular, 15-20
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18-20 mm, or almost absent, apex rounded; bracteole boat-shaped, 35-37 mm long; calyx red, 25-27 mm long, deeply split on one side, lobes deltate to broadly triangular, ca. 2 mm long; corolla cream to yellow, ca. 75 mm long, glabrous, lobes narrowly elliptic, 55-60 mm long; labellum pale yellow, distal edge horizontally spreading, broadly obovate, ca. 60-70
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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60-70 mm, lateral lobes strongly striped with pink or red, middle lobe reflexed, with yellow honey mark, margin irregularly dentate to lobulate; stamen white to pink, 35-45
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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12-15 mm, not exceeding the labellum, apex pinkish red, deeply and irregularly lobed, anther 7-8 mm long.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Capsule</emphasis>
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ellipsoid, 12-15 mm long.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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Peru (Cuzco,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Huánuco">Huanuco</normalizedToken>
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, Madre de Dios, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Martín">Martin</normalizedToken>
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) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Distribution maps for new species of Costaceae. Costus gibbosus - Costus whiskeycola m A Costus gibbosus D. Skinner & Maas B Costus mollissimus Maas & H. Maas C Costus obscurus D. Skinner & Maas D Costus oreophilus Maas & D. Skinner E Costus pitalito C. D. Specht & H. Maas F Costus prancei Maas & H. Maas G Costus pseudospiralis Maas & H. Maas H Costus rubineus D. Skinner & Maas I Costus whiskeycola Maas & H. Maas." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.222.87779.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/828361" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">22C</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Habitat and ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">In forests, in wet, shady areas, often in disturbed places, at elevations of 450-1300 m. Flowering in the rainy season.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Costus obscurus</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is known for its leaves having a very dark green adaxial surface and dark purple abaxial surface, and for growing in dark and shady places, hence the specific epithet obscurus (
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means 'dark, shady,
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in Latin). This species might also be considered
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“obscure”">"obscure"</normalizedToken>
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(in English: unclear, uncertain, unknown, or in doubt) because it has been confused by the authors in the past as either
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="C. erythrophyllus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erythrophyllus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C. erythrophyllus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Loes. or as
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="C. acreanus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acreanus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C. acreanus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Loes.) Maas. Only recently has it been determined to be an undescribed species.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Peru. Cuzco</emphasis>
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: Prov. La
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, Distr. Echarati, Cashiriari-3 well site, 5 km S of Camisea River, 700 m, 2 Sep 1998,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Nuñez">Nunez</normalizedToken>
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V. et al. 23785
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(F).
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Huánuco">Huanuco</normalizedToken>
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: Prov. Leoncio Prado, Puente Pucayaco,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
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Pucayaco, road from Tingo Maria to Tocache, 570 m, 30 Mar 1976,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Plowman & Kennedy 5775</emphasis>
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(U); cultivated in Tocache, besides Maior Plaza, originally collected by
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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Schunke V. at Quebrada Cachiyaco de Lopuna, near Mina de Sal, S of Tocache, 31 Mar 1976,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Plowman & Kennedy 5791</emphasis>
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(GH, U); cultivated in Jardin Botanico de Tingo Maria, from material collected by Plowman in Ramal de Aspusana, 65 km N of Tingo Maria, on the border of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Huánuco">Huanuco</normalizedToken>
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and San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Martín">Martin</normalizedToken>
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, 5 Jul 1978,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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Plowman &
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ramírez">Ramirez</normalizedToken>
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R. 7595
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</emphasis>
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(F, U).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Madre de Dios</emphasis>
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: Prov. Manu, Cerro de Pantiacolla,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
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Palotoa, 10-15 km NNW of Shintuya, 700-1300 m, 16 Dec 1985,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Foster et al. 10937</emphasis>
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(F); Pantiacolla, serrania across
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
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Alto Madre de Dios from Shintuya, 450-650 m, 28 Oct 1979,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Gentry 27304</emphasis>
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(MO, U).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Cultivated material</emphasis>
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: Harvard Forest Greenhouses, Petersham, Massachusetts, USA, cultivated from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Plowman & Davis 5054</emphasis>
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, Peru,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Plowman & Davis 5054 A</emphasis>
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(F, L); cultivated from Peru,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Huánuco">Huanuco</normalizedToken>
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, 8 km NW of Tingo Maria, along quebrada on road to Shinchi Roca, 900 m, 14 Nov 2016,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Skinner R3383</emphasis>
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(BH). Peru, Madre de Dios, Pantiacolla, 25 Jan 2013,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Skinner R3322</emphasis>
|
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(UC).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="75" type="notes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Notes.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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Plants of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="D. Skinner & Maas" authorityYear="2023" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Costus obscurus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Costus obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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||
sp. nov. have a compact appearance, with leaves closely spaced together along the shoot and generally pointed upward rather than horizontally or drooping. The
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="leaves’">leaves'</normalizedToken>
|
||
dark green adaxial surface and dark purple abaxial surface are striking in appearance.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="D. Skinner & Maas" authorityYear="2023" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Costus obscurus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="obscurus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Costus obscurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be confused with
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="C. erythrophyllus" order="Zingiberales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erythrophyllus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C. erythrophyllus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Loes., but can be distinguished from that species by its shorter, truncate ligule instead of a long and deeply 2-lobed ligule as well as by having smooth rather than (mostly) plicate leaves.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
|
||
This new species has been widely cultivated from the type collection
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Plowman 5054</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Plowman’s">Plowman's</normalizedToken>
|
||
journal indicates the distribution of live plants to Marie Selby Botanical Garden and Lyon Arboretum, which is accessioned as L-81.0901. It has sometimes been confused with the famous "El Whiskey" plant from Colombia, but it can be easily distinguished by the indumenta on the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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