Cheilocostus speciosus: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Cheilocostus speciosus (J. König) C. Specht is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Amomum arboreum Lour., Amomum hirsutum Lam., Banksea speciosa J. König, Banksia speciosa Koenig, Cardamomum arboreum (Lour.) Kuntze, Cardamomum arboreum Kuntze, Costus angustifolius Ker Gawl., Costus argyrophyllus Wall., nom. inval., Costus crispiflorus Stokes, Costus foeniculaceus Noronha, Costus formosanus Nakai, Costus formosanus (Nakai) S.S. Ying, Costus glaber (K. Schum.) Merr., Costus glaber Merr., Costus glabratus Rchb., nom. illeg., Costus hirsutus Blume, Costus lamingtonii F.M. Bailey, Costus loureiroi Horan., Costus nipalensis Roscoe, Costus potierae F. Muell., Costus sericeus Blume, Costus speciosus Sm., Costus speciosus (J. König) Sm., Costus speciosus var. angustifolius Ker Gawl., Costus speciosus var. argyrophyllus Wall. ex Baker, Costus speciosus var. dilnavaziae M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida, Costus speciosus var. formosanus (Nakai) S.S. Ying, Costus speciosus var. glaber K. Schum., Costus speciosus var. hirsutus (Blume) K. Schum., Costus speciosus var. hirsutus Blume, Costus speciosus var. leocalyx (K. Schum.) Nakai, Costus speciosus var. sericeus (Blume) K. Schum., Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. var. pubescens Griseb., Costus vaginalis Salisb., Hellenia grandiflora Retz., nom. nud., Kaempferia speciosa Baker, Kaempferia speciosa Thunb., Kaempferia speciosa (J. König) Thunb., Planera speciosa (J. König) Giseke, Planera speciosa Giseke, Tsiana speciosa (J. König) J.F. Gmel., Tsiana speciosa J.F. Gmel..
References regarding Cheilocostus speciosus (J. König) C. Specht for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)
· Observationes Botanicae (1783)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus (1788)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 13 (1791)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1791)
· Observationes Botanicae (1791)
· Praelectiones in ordines naturales plantarum (1792)
· Florula Javanica (1825)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Javae (1827)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1864)
· The Flora of British India (1890)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Queensland Agricultural Journal (1898)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. (1924)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1941)
· Zingiberaceae
· Costoideae.
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1981)
· Quarterly Journal of Chinese Forestry (1988)
· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1999)
· Taxon (2006)

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