| Gattung: | Costus L. |
| Familie: | Costaceae |
| Arten: | etwa 80 |
| Vorkommen: | Trop. Amerika und Westafrika |
| Arten: | |
| Costus acanthocephalus K.Schum. | |
| Costus acreanus (Loes.) Maas | |
| Costus adolphi-friderici Loes. | |
| Costus afer Ker Gawl. | |
| Costus allenii Maas | |
| Costus amazonicus (Loes.) J.F.Macbr. | |
| Costus arabicus L. | |
| Costus araneosus Gagnep. | |
| Costus asplundii (Maas) Maas | |
| Costus asteranthus Maas & H.Maas | |
| Costus barbatus Suess. | |
| Costus beckii Maas & H.Maas | |
| Costus bicolor J.Braun & K.Schum. | |
| Costus bracteatus Rowlee | |
| Costus bullatus Meekiong, Muliati & Ipor | |
| Costus chartaceus Maas | |
| Costus chrysocephalus K.Schum. | |
| Costus claviger Benoist | |
| Costus clemensiae Ridl. | |
| Costus comosus (Jacq.) Roscoe | |
| Costus comosus var. bakeri (K.Schum.) Maas | |
| Costus cordatus Maas | |
| Costus cupreifolius Maas | |
| Costus curvibracteatus Maas | |
| Costus deistelii K.Schum. | |
| Costus dendrophilus K.Schum. | |
| Costus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand | |
| Costus dinklagei K.Schum. | |
| Costus dirzoi García-Mend. & G.Ibarra | |
| Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum. | |
| Costus eburneus Meekiong, Muliati & Tawan | |
| Costus erythrocoryne K.Schum. | |
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Costus erythrophyllus Loes. |
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| Costus erythrothyrsus Loes. | |
| Costus fissicalyx N.R.Salinas, Clavijo & Betancur | |
| Costus fissiligulatus Gagnep. | |
| Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen | |
| Costus fortalezae K.Schum. | |
| Costus gabonensis Koechlin | |
| Costus geothyrsus K.Schum. | |
| Costus giganteus Welw. ex Ridl. | |
| Costus glaucus Maas | |
| Costus guanaiensis Rusby | |
| Costus guanaiensis var. macrostrobilus (K.Schum.) Maas | |
| Costus guanaiensis var. tarmicus (Loes.) Maas | |
| Costus juruanus K.Schum. | |
| Costus laevis Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Costus lasius Loes. | |
| Costus lateriflorus Baker | |
| Costus le-testui Pellegr. | |
| Costus ledermannii Loes. | |
| Costus leucanthus Maas | |
| Costus ligularis Baker | |
| Costus lima K.Schum. | |
| Costus longibracteolatus Maas | |
| Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum. | ![]() |
| Costus maboumiensis Pellegr. | |
| Costus macranthus K.Schum. | |
| Costus maculatus Roscoe | |
| Costus malortieanus H.Wendl. | |
| Costus megalobractea K.Schum. | |
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Costus microcephalus K.Schum. |
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| Costus montanus Maas | |
| Costus mosaicus W.Bull | |
| Costus muluensis Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan | |
| Costus nemotrichus K.Schum. | |
| Costus nitidus Maas | |
| Costus nudicaulis Baker | |
| Costus oblongus S.Q.Tong | |
| Costus oligophyllus K.Schum. | |
| Costus osae Maas & H.Maas | |
| Costus phaeotrichus Loes. | |
| Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum. | |
| Costus pictus D.Don | ![]() |
| Costus plicatus Maas | |
| Costus plowmanii Maas | |
| Costus productus Gleason ex Maas | |
| Costus productus var. productus | |
| Costus productus var. strigosus (Maas) Maas | |
| Costus pulverulentus C.Presl | |
| Costus quasi-appendiculatus Woodson ex Maas | |
| Costus ricus Maas & H.Maas | |
| Costus rumphianus Valeton ex K.Heyne | |
| Costus sarmentosus Bojer | |
| Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Costus schlechteri H.J.P.Winkl. | |
| Costus sepacuitensis Rowlee | |
| Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum. | |
| Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. | ![]() |
| Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe | |
| Costus spiralis var. spiralis | |
| Costus sprucei Maas | |
| Costus stenophyllus Standl. & L.O.Williams | |
| Costus subbiflorus K.Schum. | ![]() |
| Costus sulfureus K.Schum. | |
| Costus talbotii Ridl. | |
| Costus tappenbeckianus J.Braun & K.Schum. | |
| Costus tonkinensis Gagnep. | |
| Costus ubangiensis Gagnep. | |
| Costus ulei Loes. | |
| Costus vargasii Maas & H.Maas | |
| Costus varzearum Maas | |
| Costus villosissimus Jacq. | |
| Costus vinosus Maas | |
| Costus violaceus Koechlin | |
| Costus viridis S.Q.Tong | |
| Costus wilsonii Maas | |
| Costus woodsonii Maas | ![]() |
| Costus zamoranus Steyerm. | |
| Costus zingiberoides J.F.Macbr. | |