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14.
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Maas &amp; H.Maas
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<figureCitation box="[1375,1471,507,530]" captionStart="Plate 3" captionStartId="22.[113,160,1976,1994]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,172,1958]" captionTargetId="figure-17@22.[794,1437,169,1107]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Plate 3 a. Costus kupensis Maas &amp; H.Maas. Basal inflorescence. b. Costus lateriflorus Baker. Habit showing lateral inflorescences. c. Costus tappenbeckianus J.Braun &amp; K.Schum. Inflorescence with flower. d. Costus lilaceus Maas &amp; H.Maas. Lateral inflorescence. e. Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum. Inflorescence. f. Costus maboumiensis Pellegr. Inflorescence (a: Maas et al. 10575; b: photographed in Lyon Arboretum Hawaï, no specimen collected; c: Burgers Bush number 20140016; d: photographed in Burgers Bush, Arnhem, The Netherlands, no specimen collected; e: Maas et al. 10407; f: Maas et al. 10227). — Photos: a, cf: P.J.M.Maas; b: J.Mood." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7570059" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7570059/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">Plate 3d</figureCitation>
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can be recognized by its often epiphytic habit, pink to lilac flowers and its inflorescences placed laterally in the axil of a leaf or termi- nating a separate leafless shoot. —
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.
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Epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial herb
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tall.
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diam; ligule reddish brown to orange, membranous, truncate, 2060(80) mm long, often longer than the internode; petiole
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, coriaceous and somewhat fleshy, glabrous on both sides, base acute to obtuse, apex acute to acuminate (acumen
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long).
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generally several per flowering branch, each one few- to several-flowered, ovoid to ellipsoid, (1)1.55 by
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, lateral in the axil of a leaf with a peduncle
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long or terminating a separate leafless shoot emerging from the rhizome
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long or terminating a leafy shoot; bracts, bracteoles, calyx, ovary and capsule sparsely to rather densely covered with erect hairs &lt;
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1 per bract; bracts dark reddish brown to dark green with red dots, old bracts (pale) brown, chartaceous, narrowly to broadly elliptic-(ob)ovate, 0.31.1 by
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, callus yellowish green,
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long, sometimes inconspicuous; appendages absent; bracteole tubular,
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long, lobes shallowly triangular
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long; corolla hyaline, white,
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long, glabrous, tube
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long; labellum at the outer side basally white, upper part pale lilac, inner side pale pink to lilac or rarely white (see note), with bright yellow to orange nectar guide and reddish dots and hairs at the base, horizontally flat- tened with funnel-shaped base, broadly obovate when spread out, 3570 by
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, margin irregularly crenate undulate; stamen white to pale pink with reddish dots, 3035 by
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, apex bright yellow, anther
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long.
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c.
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diam.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[824,881,2105,2123]" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">Map 9</emphasis>
Distribution of
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<emphasis box="[1026,1160,2105,2123]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">Costus lilaceus</emphasis>
Maas &amp; H.Maas
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(●) and
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<emphasis box="[1391,1474,2105,2123]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="303">C. talbotii</emphasis>
Ridl.
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(▲).
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<paragraph blockId="24.[113,765,174,1106]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Distribution — West Africa (Nigeria); Central Africa (Cam- eroon, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon).</paragraph>
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Habitat &amp; Ecology — In primary or sometimes secondary rainforest, in wet places (epiphytic specimens), but also in savanna forest in rocky places or on outcrops (terrestrial speci- mens), at elevations of
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. Flowering and fruiting: all year through, especially in January.
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IUCN Conservation Status — This species with about 22 locations and an AOO of
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is assessed as Least Concern (
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,
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E of Eboné (on km 11 of Nkongsamba-Loum Road),
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,
<date box="[179,295,1180,1198]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1972-01-28">28 Jan. 1972</date>
,
<emphasis box="[303,471,1180,1198]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Leeuwenberg 9317</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[482,513,1180,1198]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">BR</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[521,537,1180,1198]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">K</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[545,580,1180,1198]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">MO</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[587,600,1180,1198]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">P</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[609,659,1180,1198]" collectionName="WAG" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">WAG</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[665,695,1180,1198]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">YA</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1968-01-08" collectionCode="BR" country="Cameroon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="South Province">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingRegion pageId="24" pageNumber="304">South Province</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, Lolodorf,
<date box="[287,391,1206,1224]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1968-01-08">8 Jan. 1968</date>
,
<emphasis box="[397,507,1206,1224]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Bamps 1748</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[517,549,1206,1224]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">BR</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1976-03-25" collectionCode="P" country="Cameroon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="South-west Province">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[561,758,1206,1224]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingRegion box="[561,758,1206,1224]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">South-West Province</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, Mts Rumpi, near Dikome Balue,
<quantity box="[404,458,1232,1250]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="km" value="35.0">35 km</quantity>
NNW of Kumba,
<quantity box="[617,687,1232,1250]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200 m</quantity>
,
<date pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1976-03-25">25 Mar. 1976</date>
,
<emphasis box="[167,305,1258,1276]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Letouzey 14578</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[315,331,1258,1276]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">P</collectionCode>
),
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1976-03-25" collectionCode="P" country="Cameroon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="South-west Province">
Bakossi Mts, W of Bangem,
<quantity box="[584,651,1258,1276]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="1400.0">1400 m</quantity>
,
<date box="[658,761,1258,1276]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1986-01-03">3 Jan.1986</date>
,
<emphasis box="[113,284,1283,1301]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">D.W. Thomas 5262</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[295,331,1283,1301]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">MO</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[340,372,1283,1301]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">NY</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1988-10-29" collectionCode="P" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingCountry box="[403,561,1283,1301]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="Democratic Republic of the Congo">CONGO BRAZZAVILLE</collectingCountry>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[572,645,1283,1301]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Kouilou</emphasis>
, cultivated at Pointe Noire, originating from Maiombe, région de Dimonika,
<date box="[646,761,1309,1327]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1988-10-29">29 Oct. 1988</date>
,
<emphasis box="[113,259,1335,1353]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">De Foresta 1739</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[271,287,1335,1353]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">P</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1975-02-04" collectionCode="BR" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[301,345,1335,1353]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Niari</emphasis>
, border of
<collectingCountry box="[438,596,1335,1353]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo Brazzaville</collectingCountry>
and Gabon,
<quantity box="[709,763,1335,1353]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="500.0">500 m</quantity>
from the Loambitsi River,
<date box="[338,446,1361,1379]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1975-02-04">4 Feb. 1975</date>
,
<emphasis box="[455,538,1360,1379]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<taxonomicName box="[455,489,1360,1378]" class="Bivalvia" family="Astartidae" genus="Sita" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carditida" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">Sita</taxonomicName>
3884
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[549,581,1361,1379]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">BR</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1959-01-07" collectionCode="BR" country="Congo Kinshasha" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingCountry box="[612,758,1360,1379]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="Congo Kinshasha">CONGO KINSHASHA</collectingCountry>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[113,208,1386,1404]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Nord-Kivu</emphasis>
, Kitshanga,
<quantity box="[320,389,1386,1404]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="1300.0">1300 m</quantity>
,
<date box="[398,506,1386,1404]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1959-01-07">7 Jan. 1959</date>
,
<emphasis box="[514,527,1386,1404]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[539,661,1386,1404]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Léonard 2348</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[673,705,1386,1404]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">BR</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1956-12-06" collectionCode="BR" country="Congo Kinshasha" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Sud- Kivu</emphasis>
, Territoire Kalehe,km 110 of road from Kavumu to Walikale,Irangi,near River Luhoho,
<quantity box="[238,294,1438,1456]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="850.0">850 m</quantity>
,
<date box="[300,407,1438,1456]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1956-12-06">6 Dec. 1956</date>
,
<emphasis box="[413,580,1438,1456]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Christiaensen 1920</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[590,621,1438,1456]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">BR</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[627,644,1438,1456]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">U</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1994-03-18" collectionCode="WAG" country="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="Centro">
<collectingCountry name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="Equatorial Guinea">EQUATORIAL GUINEA</collectingCountry>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,281,1463,1481]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingRegion box="[181,281,1463,1481]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Centro Sur</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, Bata-Monte Alén,
<date box="[445,561,1464,1482]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1994-03-18">18 Mar. 1994</date>
,
<emphasis box="[567,694,1463,1482]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Carvalho 5488</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[703,756,1463,1481]" collectionName="WAG" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">WAG</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1998-07-02" collectionCode="WAG" country="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="Sur">
Parque Nacional de Monte Alén, near Lago Atok,
<date box="[535,637,1489,1507]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1998-07-02">2 July 1998</date>
,
<emphasis box="[644,763,1489,1507]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Pérez Viso 19</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[118,171,1515,1533]" collectionName="WAG" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">WAG</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1968-01-30" collectionCode="P" country="Gabon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingCountry box="[202,257,1515,1533]" name="Gabon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="Gabon">GABON</collectingCountry>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[269,347,1515,1533]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Estuaire</emphasis>
, Monts de Cristal, Mkam-Mela,
<quantity box="[630,688,1515,1533]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="950.0">950 m</quantity>
,
<date pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1968-01-30">30 Jan. 1968</date>
,
<emphasis box="[167,339,1541,1559]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Hallé &amp; Villiers 4746</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[349,365,1541,1559]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">P</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1985-12-19" collectionCode="WAG" country="Gabon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="Ngounie">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[379,458,1540,1558]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingRegion box="[379,458,1540,1558]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Ngounié</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
,
<quantity box="[467,519,1541,1559]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="km" value="25.0">25 km</quantity>
NE of Mouila,
<date box="[643,761,1541,1559]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1985-12-19">19 Dec.1985</date>
,
<emphasis box="[113,207,1567,1585]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Wilks 1166</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[217,270,1566,1584]" collectionName="WAG" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">WAG</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1987-01-11" collectionCode="MO" country="Gabon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="Nyanga">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[282,353,1567,1585]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingRegion box="[282,353,1567,1585]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Nyanga</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
,
<quantity box="[363,415,1567,1585]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="km" value="25.0">25 km</quantity>
SW of Doussala,
<date box="[570,684,1567,1585]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1987-01-11">11 Jan. 1987</date>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Reitsma &amp; Reitsma 2835</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[260,296,1592,1610]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">MO</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[303,331,1592,1610]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">NY</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[338,389,1592,1610]" collectionName="WAG" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">WAG</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1985-07-18" collectionCode="BR" country="Gabon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" stateProvince="Nyanga">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[400,539,1592,1610]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Ogooué-Ivindo</emphasis>
, road on Babiel-Nord, few kms W of Belinga,
<quantity box="[279,336,1618,1636]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="900.0">900 m</quantity>
,
<date box="[345,460,1618,1636]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1985-07-18">18 July 1985</date>
,
<emphasis box="[468,611,1618,1636]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[468,502,1618,1636]" class="Mammalia" family="Bovidae" genus="Bos" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Bos</taxonomicName>
et al. 10685
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[622,653,1618,1636]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">BR</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[662,697,1618,1636]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">MO</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[705,756,1618,1636]" collectionName="WAG" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">WAG</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1948-12-29" collectionCode="FHI" country="Nigeria" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
<collectingCountry box="[131,192,1644,1662]" name="Nigeria" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="Nigeria">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[204,260,1644,1662]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Ogoja</emphasis>
, Ikwette-Balegeta path,
<quantity box="[477,541,1644,1662]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3716" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="ft" value="4500.0">4500 ft</quantity>
,
<date box="[550,673,1644,1662]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" value="1948-12-29">29 Dec. 1948</date>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
Savory &amp; Keay
<collectionCode box="[164,196,1670,1688]" collectionName="FHI" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">FHI</collectionCode>
25202
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode box="[268,284,1670,1688]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">K</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[292,308,1670,1688]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">P</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="304" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="24.[113,765,1711,2153]" lastBlockId="24.[824,1475,173,412]" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">
Notes —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[244,405,1711,1734]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[244,405,1711,1734]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Costus lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can only be separated from
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the colour of the labellum of the flowers being yellow in
<taxonomicName box="[137,277,1770,1793]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[137,277,1770,1793]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but pink to lilac in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[464,573,1770,1793]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[464,573,1770,1793]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Many specimens have wrongly been identified as
<taxonomicName box="[449,554,1799,1822]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="letestui">
<emphasis box="[449,554,1799,1822]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. letestui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, assuming the flowers of this species were lilac in colour (Koechlin 1964, 1965). As
<taxonomicName box="[147,252,1858,1881]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="letestui">
<emphasis box="[147,252,1858,1881]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. letestui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
turned out to be a synonym of
<taxonomicName box="[572,712,1858,1881]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[572,712,1858,1881]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see under that species), these specimens with pink to lilac flowers needed a new name:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[344,455,1916,1940]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[344,455,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[113,276,1954,1977]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[113,276,1954,1977]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Costus lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been found epiphytic in trees up to
<quantity box="[709,764,1954,1977]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="25.0">25 m</quantity>
high on
<taxonomicName authority="(Bamps 1612)" baseAuthorityName="Bamps" baseAuthorityYear="1612" box="[193,484,1983,2006]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Parkia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bicolor">
<emphasis box="[193,333,1983,2006]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Parkia bicolor</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[344,474,1983,2006]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Bamps 1612</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName box="[493,764,1983,2006]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Gilbertiodendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dewevrei">
<emphasis box="[493,764,1983,2006]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Gilbertiodendron dewevrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis box="[121,333,2012,2036]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Christiaensen 1826</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[393,447,2013,2036]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">1920</emphasis>
) and
<taxonomicName box="[515,648,2013,2036]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Julbernardia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[515,648,2013,2036]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Julbernardia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Letouzey 12730</emphasis>
). The plant forms a clump with pendant shoots. When terrestrial it is often found at high altitude growing over rock, forming a dense mat of
<taxonomicName box="[366,441,2100,2123]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[366,441,2100,2123]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Costus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
between the trees and shrubs (
<emphasis box="[121,294,2130,2153]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">A.M. Louis 2318</emphasis>
). Studying the distribution of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[1121,1234,173,197]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[1121,1234,173,197]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName box="[1291,1435,173,197]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[1291,1435,173,197]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we found a difference in the altitude where both species occur:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[824,941,233,256]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[824,941,233,256]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is generally found growing at higher elevations (
<quantity box="[830,960,263,286]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.05" metricValueMax="15.3" metricValueMin="0.8" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="805.0" valueMax="1530.0" valueMin="80.0">801530 m</quantity>
), avoiding the sedimentary basin;
<taxonomicName box="[1331,1474,262,285]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lateriflorus">
<emphasis box="[1331,1474,262,285]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lateriflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems to prefer the coastal sedimentary areas of
<collectingCountry box="[1355,1427,292,315]" name="Gabon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Gabon</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[824,936,321,344]" name="Cameroon" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
(
<quantity box="[949,1053,322,345]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" metricValueMax="8.0" metricValueMin="0.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="400.0" valueMax="800.0" valueMin="0.0">0800 m</quantity>
). Some specimens of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Maas &amp; H. Maas. Lateral" authorityYear="2016" box="[1044,1155,359,382]" class="Liliopsida" family="Costaceae" genus="Costus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="24" pageNumber="304" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lilaceus">
<emphasis box="[1044,1155,359,382]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="304">C. lilaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have flowers with a very pale lilac to almost white labellum and a bright yellow nectar guide.
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