Costus spectabilis
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"Yellow trumpet" redirects here. For Yellow trumpet flower, see Tecoma stans. For Yellow trumpets, see Sarracenia alata.
Costus spectabilis, commonly known as the yellow trumpet, is an African, gregarious species of herb; low and perennial, it is found from Sierra Leone to Sudan to as far south as Angola and Zimbabwe.
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Yellow trumpet | |
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Plate by Matilda Smith (1854–1926) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Costaceae |
Genus: | Costus |
Species: | C. spectabilis |
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Costus spectabilis | |
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