Paracostus

Paracostus C.D.Specht in Specht & Stevenson (2006) 162. — Type: Tafel 13 of K. Schumann (1892), (the lectotype of Costus englerianus K.Schum.)

Costus L. sect. Paracostus K.Schum. (1899) 343. — Costus subg. Paracostus (K.Schum.) K.Schum. (1904) 381. — Type: Paracostus paradoxus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht (= Costus paradoxus K.Schum.).

The genus Paracostus is in Africa represented by only one species: P. englerianus . The second species, P. paradoxus (K.Schum.) C.D.Specht, occurs in Asia (Borneo).