| taxonID | 2756876 |
| datasetID | 7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b |
| parentNameUsageID | 2756771 |
| scientificName | Costus afer Ker Gawl. |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Ker Gawl. |
| canonicalName | Costus afer |
| genericName | Costus |
| specificEpithet | afer |
| taxonRank | species |
| namePublishedIn | Bot. Reg. 8: t. 683 (1823) |
| taxonomicStatus | accepted |
| kingdom | Plantae |
| phylum | Tracheophyta |
| class | Liliopsida |
| order | Zingiberales |
| family | Costaceae |
| genus | Costus |
| DataSource | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy 2023-08-28 |