Family: Costaceae
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Zingiberales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Costaceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Terrestrial, rhizomatous herbs.
Leaves: Leaves simple, arranged spirally up stem, sheathed at the base.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence a spike, terminal, with appressed bracts.
Flowers: Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic; sepals 3, fused; petals 3, fused below, the lower lip petaloid; stamen 1, petaloid; ovary inferior, 3-locular, placentation axile.
Fruit: Fruit a 3-valved capsule or sometimes indehiscent.
Seeds: Seeds numerous per fruit, arillate, the aril dissected or laciniate.