Costus malortieanus
Stepladder ginger


Costus malortieanus

Família/Family: Costaceae

Grupo/Group: Monocotiledón/Monocotyledon.

Forma de vida/Life form: Hierba/Herb

Duración de vida/Lifespan: Perenne/Perennial.

Sustrato/Substrate: Terrestre/Terrestrial.

Distribución nativa/Native range: Nativa de Centroamérica (Costa Rica, Nicaragua). / Native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua).

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ESTATUS EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO/STATUS ON THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO
Presencia/Occurence: Presente/Present.

Origen/Origin: No nativo, naturalizado/Not native, naturalized.

Historia y distribución/History and distribution: Cited in Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2005) as naturalized based on a collection by George Proctor (50425 SJ) in the El Verde area of Río Grande in disturbed secondary rain forest at ca. 240 m elevation. Excluded by Axelrod (2011) as only under cultivation, but we treat as naturalized in expectation of a corroborating collection.

TAXONOMÍA/TAXONOMY
Nombre científico con autores/Scientific name with authors: Costus malortieanus H. Wendl.





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