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Taxon

Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze

Protologue Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 687. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
All2subsp. strobilaceus1
Dimerocostus strobilaceus ssp. strobilaceus, FG -76-334--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 16 Jan 03. 010.jpg

Dimerocostus strobilaceus ssp. strobilaceus, FG -76-334--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 16 Jan 03. 010.jpg

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus ssp. strobilaceus, FG -76-334--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 16 Jan 03. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus ssp. strobilaceus, FG -76-334--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 16 Jan 03. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus ssp. strobilaceus, FG -76-334--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 16 Jan 03. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus ssp. strobilaceus, FG -76-334--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 16 Jan 03. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 192.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 189.jpg

Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 189.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 190.jpg

Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 190.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 191.jpg

Dimerocostus strobilaceus--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 191.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Dimerocostus strobilaceus

subsp. strobilaceus

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Gardon no. 76334A

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

FG -76-334

January 16, 2003

Identified as

Dimerocostus strobilaceus subsp. strobilaceus

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Costaceae

Genus

Dimerocostus

Specific Epithet

strobilaceus

Authorship

Kuntze

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

#293,506 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →