Costus arabicus: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Costus arabicus L. 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: Costus arabicus Vell., Costus arrabidae Steud., Costus brasiliensis K. Schum., Costus discolor Roscoe, Costus glabratus Sw., Costus glabratus var. niveopurpureus (Jacq.) Petersen, Costus gracilis Loes., Costus niveo-purpureus Jacq., Costus niveopurpureus Jacq., Costus niveus G. Mey., Costus pilgeri K. Schum., Costus pubescens S. Moore, Costus pubescens f. fibrillosa Loes., Costus pubescens fo. fibrillosus Loes., Costus ramosus Woodson, Costus sextus Roem. & Schult., nom. inval., Costus spiralis var. hirsutus Petersen, Costus validus Loes., Costus verschaffeltianus Lem., Costus verschaffeltii Lem..
References regarding Costus arabicus L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1807)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis (1818)
· Florae Fluminensis (1827)
· Jardin Fleuriste (1854)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1890)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1894)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1904)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem (1929)
· Lloydia (1939)
· Fl. Neotrop. (1972)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1988)
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