Costus scaber
Indian head ginger
4
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1986
First collected
2019
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Costus scaber, most mentions first.
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2025
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]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2013
New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2011–2012Lau, A. & Frolich, D. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2012
New plant records from the Hawaiian Islands for 2010-2011Frolich, D. & Lau, A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2012
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2011
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2004
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: ArticlesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1986 by Lau, J. (Oʻahu).
From the collection
