Dimerocostus

Dimerocostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1891.^[2][3][4] It is native to Central and South America.^[1][5][6][7]

Dimerocostus
Dimerocostus strobilaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Costaceae
Genus:	Dimerocostus Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
Mulfordia Rusby

Dimerocostus can be can be distinguished from Costus, Monocostus, and Chamaecostus by its two chambered ovary (rather than three chambered).^[8]

Species^[1]

• Dimerocostus argenteus (Ruiz & Pav.) Maas - Peru, Bolivia
• Dimerocostus cryptocalyx N.R.Salinas & Betancur - Colombia
• Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze - Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (including Venezuelan Antilles), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia