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  1. 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

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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  2. 2019

    2019-003

    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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  3. 2022

    records-op148

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: Volume

    Evenhuis, 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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  4. 2024

    records-op156

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024: Volume

    Evenhuis, 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

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey

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  5. 2013

    records-op117

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: Index

    Evenhuis, 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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  6. 2013

    2013-001

    New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2011–2012

    Lau, 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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  7. 2012

    records-op114

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012: Volume

    Evenhuis, 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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  8. 2012

    2012-011

    New plant records from the Hawaiian Islands for 2010-2011

    Frolich, 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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  9. 2011

    records-op113

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: Plants

    Evenhuis, 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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  10. 2008

    2008-005

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007

    Evenhuis, 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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  11. 2007

    records-op100

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007: Volume

    Evenhuis, 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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  12. 2004

    records-op87r

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: Articles

    Evenhuis, 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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  13. 2000

    2000-021

    Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘i

    Staples, 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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  14. 1995

    1995-006

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994: notes

    Evenhuis, 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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  15. 1994

    records-op42

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994: Notes

    Evenhuis, 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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  16. 2016

    2016-012

    New Hawaiian Plant Records for 2015

    Oppenheimer, 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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  17. 2015

    records-op118

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2015: Volume

    Evenhuis, 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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  18. 2009

    records-op110

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009: -10: Plants

    Evenhuis, 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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  19. 2004

    2004-011

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003. Part II. Notes

    Evenhuis, 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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  20. 2003

    records-op79

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003: Notes

    Evenhuis, 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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  21. 2002

    2002-011

    Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000

    Evenhuis, 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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  22. 2000

    records-op70

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: Index

    Evenhuis, 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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  23. 2000

    2000-017

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999. Part 2: Notes

    Evenhuis,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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  24. 1999

    records-op64

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999: Notes

    Evenhuis, 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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