Costus arabicus L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 450

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Costus arabicus Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 2. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in India utraque." RCN: 8.

Lectotype (Nicolson & al., Interpret. Van Rheede’s Hort. Malab.: 316. 1988): [icon] " Costus arabicus " in Merian, Metamorph. Insect. Surinam.: 36, t. 36. 1705 (see p. 142).

Generitype of Costus Linnaeus.

Current name: Costus arabicus L. View in CoL ( Zingiberaceae / Costaceae ).

Note: Maas (in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 3: 531. 1979) indicated as type "a drawing by Ehret of a plant cultivated in the Hortus Cliffortianus … It is deposited in the library of Sir Joseph Banks (BM)". It seems most unlikely that Ehret’s drawing (it is not cited by Linnaeus) can be an original element for the name.