Costus afer

Summary

Costus afer is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Costus afer's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Costus afer is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Costus afer is classified within Costus^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Costus afer is Costus afer^[6].
• Costus afer is used for medicinal plant^[7].
• Costus afer's Commons category is recorded as Costus afer^[8].
• Costus afer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Costus afer^[9].
• Costus afer's Commons gallery is recorded as Costus afer^[10].
• Costus afer's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345^[11].
• Costus afer's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4^[12].
• Costus afer's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=11685^[13].
• Costus afer's short name is recorded as C. afer^[14].
• Costus afer is commonly known as 非洲闭鞘姜^[15].
• Costus afer is commonly known as 戴氏闭鞘姜^[16].
• Costus afer is commonly known as 猴蔗西闭鞘姜^[17].
• Costus afer's taxon range is recorded as Angola^[18].
• Costus afer's taxon range is recorded as Gabon^[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Costus afer is Costus afer^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Costus^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include 非洲闭鞘姜^[15], 戴氏闭鞘姜^[16], and 猴蔗西闭鞘姜^[17].

Identifiers

Costus afer's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 142627^[20]. Costus afer's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 328752^[21]. Costus afer's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1122531^[22]. Costus afer's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2756876^[23].

Why It Matters

Costus afer ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]