Costus spicatus

TaxID: 328782

Basic Information

Costus spicatus

Cana Agria, Spiked Spiralflag, cana agria

Costus spicatus, also known as spiked spiralflag ginger or Indian head ginger, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Costaceae family (also sometimes placed in Zingiberaceae). Common names in the Antilles include cumani, gengibre cimarron, gengibrillo, canne d eau, and la canne de rivi re.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Zingiberales

Costaceae

Costus

spicatus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Costus spicatus
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(c) Marcela Salazar@BY-NC
Costus spicatus
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(c) Florian Guilhabert@BY-NC
Costus spicatus
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(c) Florian Guilhabert@BY-NC
Costus spicatus
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(c) Dave Skinner@BY-NC
Costus spicatus
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(c) Dave Skinner@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
France Present —
Mexico Present —
French Polynesia Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR18516544 leaf vegetative - 79776499 USA
SRR18516542 inflorescence inflorescence - 2291579 USA
SRR18516541 leaf vegetative - 2605930 USA

DNA Barcodes (1 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAE2082-14 - ITS2 235 Dominican Republic - 18.779549, -70.43495

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