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2025
2025-010
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]p. 77iucn wet nwhi Ni K O Mo L M Ka H citations ▶ Costaceae Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum. [African costus] nat O Daehler & Baker 2006:6 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR) Costus
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Read484 pp.2019
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Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 69. 203 pp.
p. 47flag] nat K O L M Wagner et al. 1990:1381 (L [as Costus speciosus]); Wagner & Herbst 1995:18 (K); Oppenheimer & Bartlett 2000:4 (EM, WM); Staples & Herbst
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Read209 pp.2022
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 148
p. 147Tangalin NT519 7 (PTBG, BISH, UBC). Costaceae Costus woodsonii Maas Costus woodsonii , or scarlet spiral flag, is a tall herb that is cultivated as an ornamental
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 156
p. 60Waihe‘e Valley, 785 m, 20 Jun 2016, Oppenheimer & M. Padgett H61608 . Costaceae Costus guanaiensis Rusby New naturalized record This species has not previously been documented as naturalized
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 117
p. 39Coronopus didymus, 74: 9 Cortaderia jubata, 56: 8 selloana, 107: 15 Costus dubius, 87: 6 Costus pulverulentus, 87: 6 scaber, 87: 14; 113: 33; 114: 6 speciosus
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Read80 pp.2013
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New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2011–2012Lau, A. & Frolich, D. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 5–16.
p. 2land Prosopis/Leucaena forest, 12 Mar 2012, A. Lau & D. Frohlich 2012031201 . Costaceae Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav. New island record Costus scaber, a species native to Mexico, the West
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Read12 pp.2012
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114
p. 8land Prosopis/Leucaena forest, 12 Mar 2012, A. Lau & D. Frohlich 2012031201 . Costaceae Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav. New island record Costus scaber, a species native to Mexico, the West
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New plant records from the Hawaiian Islands for 2010-2011Frolich, D. & Lau, A. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 27-54.
p. 7populations along road in dense Casuarina stand, 19 Feb 2010, OED 2010021906. Costaceae Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav. New naturalized record This species, native to Mexico, the West indies
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113
p. 35populations along road in dense Casuarina stand, 19 feb 2010, OED 2010021906. Costaceae Costus scaber ruiz & Pav. New naturalized record This species, native to Mexico, the West Indies
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Read104 pp.2008
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 100, 55 pp.
p. 7naturalized on ridge, sprawling over vegetation, 8 Dec 2007, J. Preble 2007120801 . Costaceae Costus speciosus (J. K ö nig) Sm. New island record Costus speciosus, or crepe ginger
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Read60 pp.2007
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 100
p. 7naturalized on ridge, sprawling over vegetation, 8 Dec 2007, J. Preble 2007120801 . Costaceae Costus speciosus (J. K ö nig) Sm. New island record Costus speciosus, or crepe ginger
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Read60 pp.2004
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: ArticlesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 87
p. 8specimens, Haukulu, Lyon Arboretum, 24 May 2005, C. Daehler 1206 (HLA). Costaceae Costus dubius (Afzel.) K. Schum. New naturalized record This African species is one of the most
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Read72 pp.2000
2000-021
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘iStaples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 65: 35 p.
p. 11Hawai‘i’s natural- ized flora are several species of ginger ( Hedychium spp.), costus (Costus), bamboos (var- ious genera), heliconias ( Heliconia spp.), and clerodendrums ( Clerodendrum spp.). These beautification
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Read33 pp.1995
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994: notesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 42: 1-68.
p. 18populations of Hypericum mutilum (Wagner et al. 1990: 544) are subsp. mutilum. Costaceae Costus speciosus (J. König) Sm. The following collection represents a new island record from Kauai
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Read68 pp.1994
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 42
p. 18populations of Hypericum mutilum (Wagner et al. 1990: 544) are subsp. mutilum. Costaceae Costus speciosus (J. König) Sm. The following collection represents a new island record from Kauai
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Read68 pp.2016
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New Hawaiian Plant Records for 2015Oppenheimer, H. · In: Evenhuis, N.L, ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2015. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 118: 23-28.
p. 2localized but dense infestation, 488 m, 24 Mar 2015, Oppenheimer & Bustamente H31510 . . Costaceae Costus malortieanus H. Wendl. New naturalized record Native to the forests and lowlands of Nicaragua
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Read6 pp.2015
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2015: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 118
p. 28localized but dense infestation, 488 m, 24 Mar 2015, Oppenheimer & Bustamente H31510 . . Costaceae Costus malortieanus H. Wendl. New naturalized record Native to the forests and lowlands of Nicaragua
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009: -10: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110
p. 28Hanawī, lowland, wet, nonnative tall forest, in association with Miconia calvescens , Ardisia elliptica , Costus sp, and Mangifera indica , two tall old trees and lots of seedlings and saplings
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003. Part II. NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & L.G. Eldredge · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 79, 64 p.
p. 13degraded Dodonaea dry shrub- land, 3 Mar 2002, Oppenheimer & J. Lau H30209 . Costaceae Costus woodsonii Maas New naturalized record Red spiral flag is native from Nicaragua to Colombia
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Read68 pp.2003
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 79
p. 13degraded Dodonaea dry shrub- land, 3 Mar 2002, Oppenheimer & J. Lau H30209 . Costaceae Costus woodsonii Maas New naturalized record Red spiral flag is native from Nicaragua to Colombia
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Read68 pp.2002
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Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 70, 44 p.
p. 23Coreopsis lanceolatus, 49: 17 Coriandrum sativum, 68: 5 Cortaderia jubata, 56: 8 Costus speciosus, 42: 18; 64: 4 Cotoneaster pannosus, 41: 49 Cotula australis, 41: 23 Crassocephalum crepidioides
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Read47 pp.2000
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 70
p. 23Coreopsis lanceolatus, 49: 17 Coriandrum sativum, 68: 5 Cortaderia jubata, 56: 8 Costus speciosus, 42: 18; 64: 4 Cotoneaster pannosus, 41: 49 Cotula australis, 41: 23 Crassocephalum crepidioides
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999. Part 2: NotesEvenhuis,N.L. & L.G. Eldredge, editors · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 64, 63 p.
p. 4side of Office Rd, 61 m, 21 Aug 1999, Oppenheimer & Bartlett H89939 . Costaceae Costus speciosa ( J.König) Sm. New island record First reported as naturalized
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Read64 pp.1999
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64
p. 4side of Office Rd, 61 m, 21 Aug 1999, Oppenheimer & Bartlett H89939 . Costaceae Costus speciosa ( J.König) Sm. New island record First reported as naturalized
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