Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

1) Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe 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: Alpinia spiralis Jacq., Amomum spirale (Jacq.) Steud., Costus spiralis K. Schum., Gissanthe spiralis (Jacq.) Salisb..

References regarding Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Pl. Rariorum Hort. Schoenbr. (1797)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1807)
· Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1812)
· Nomenclator Botanicus, ed. 2 (1840)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1904)

2) Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe var. spiralis is another plant having the following synonyms: Costus erythrothyrsus Loes., Costus pisonis Lindl., Costus spiralis var. jacquini Griseb., Costus spiralis var. roscoei Griseb..

References regarding Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe var. spiralis for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Pl. Rariorum Hort. Schoenbr. (1797)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1807)
· Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1812)
· Botanical Register (1825)
· Nomenclator Botanicus, ed. 2 (1840)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1864)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1904)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem (1929)
· Fl. Neotrop. (1972)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Full-text: Costus arabicus.

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