Costaceae - ​Costus Family​

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Plants > Angiosperms > Costaceae

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Monocots
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae

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Costaceae, or the Costus family, is a family of pantropical monocots. It belongs to the order Zingiberales, which contains horticulturally and economically important plants such as the banana (Musaceae), bird-of-paradise (Strelitziaceae), and edible ginger (Zingiberaceae). The seven genera in Costaceae together contain about 143 known species. Wikipedia

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Genera: Cheilocostus

Cheilocostus speciosus

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References: 
Wikipedia