Monocostus

Monocostus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Costaceae
Genus:	Monocostus; K.Schum.
Species:	M. uniflorus
Binomial name
	Monocostus uniflorus; (Poepp. ex Petersen) Maas
Synonyms
	Costus uniflorus Poepp. ex Petersen; Dimerocostus uniflorus (Poepp. ex Petersen) K.Schum.; Monocostus ulei K.Schum.;

Monocostus is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1904.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] There is only one known species, Monocostus uniflorus, endemic to Peru.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1904. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46(Heft 20): 427
^ Tropicos, Monocostus K. Schum.
^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
^ Tropicos, Chamaecostus C.D. Specht & D.W. Stev.

[w-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1904. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46(Heft 20): 427

[3] Tropicos, Monocostus K. Schum.

[4] Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163

[5] Tropicos, Chamaecostus C.D. Specht & D.W. Stev.

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