taxonID	YWTQ
parentNameUsageID	8VWHQ
scientificNameID	50FhFcwpxlPvBluut4wNk0
datasetID	2232
taxonomicStatus	accepted
taxonRank	species
scientificName	Costus lima K.Schum.
scientificNameAuthorship	K.Schum.
genericName	Costus
specificEpithet	lima
namePublishedIn	H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 388 (1904)
nomenclaturalCode	ICN
references	C. America to Ecuador https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66870-2
Child	Costus lima var. lima variety accepted Costus lima var. scabrimarginatus Maas variety accepted
DataSource	Catalogue of Life   2025-06-13