| taxonID | YWRF |
| parentNameUsageID | 8VWHQ |
| originalNameUsageID | BFD9iknkx1An1t1futxlm1 |
| scientificNameID | XtKXCHnE0qPaASZ8V9phq |
| datasetID | 2232 |
| taxonomicStatus | accepted |
| taxonRank | species |
| scientificName | Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe |
| scientificNameAuthorship | (Jacq.) Roscoe |
| genericName | Costus |
| specificEpithet | comosus |
| namePublishedIn | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 350 (1807) |
| nomenclaturalCode | ICN |
| references | S. Mexico to Ecuador https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796280-1 |
| Child | Costus comosus var. bakeri (K.Schum.) Maas variety accepted Costus comosus var. comosus variety accepted |
| DataSource | Catalogue of Life 2025-06-13 |