iNaturalist Plant Observations - Costa Rica (iNaturalist:Plants-Costa Rica)
Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe
Costaceae
red tower ginger
selvadero
2013-09-10
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Osa, Los Mogos, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
8.715 -83.435
This species originally was described and named as Costus maritimus but later merged with Costus comosus in Paul Maas monograph 1972. It grows along the steep cliffs of the northern shore of the Golfo Dulce.