Occurrence
Predicted not threatened

No record number

February 21, 2002

Costa Rica

This occurrence of Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe was collected on February 21, 2002 in Costa Rica. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Costus comosus--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Costus comosus--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Costaceae

Genus

Costus

Specific Epithet

comosus

Authorship

(Jacq.) Roscoe

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#233,285 of 335,497

Top 70%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →