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Stepladder Ginger

Costus malortieanus H. Wendl.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Costus malortieanus H. Wendl.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Costus elegans
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Costus elegans Veitch ex J. Dix
Costus malortieanus
Recognized by TRY database summary

Alternative Names

Costus elegans Petersen
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Pyxa malortieana (H. Wendl.) M. R. Almeida
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Costus elegans Petersen
Pyxa malortieana (H. Wendl.) M. R. Almeida
Costus elegans Petersen
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Costus malortieanus H. Wendl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pyxa malortieana (H. Wendl.) M. R. Almeida
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Pyxa malortieana (H. Wendl.) M. R. Almeida
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

stepladder ginger preferred
Recognized by USDA PLANTS images
Stepladder plant
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020

Chinese

绒叶闭鞘姜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Costus malortieanus H. Wendl.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Zingiberales
Costaceae
Costus

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Zingiberales
Costaceae
Costus L.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Zingiberales
Costaceae
Costus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Zingiberales
Costaceae
Costus L.
6 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Lilianae
Zingiberales
Costaceae
Costus
60 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.