this is a very crazy botanical story behind this plant, with expeditions through several rivers in Acre, insistently going in search of a living specimen of this plant that had not been collected in the wild for years. It was like reliving the eras of the great naturalist expeditions and feeling like Humboldt, Bonpland, Martius or Spix. #Costaceae #Costus #Amazon

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340540118_The_search_for_Costus_juruanus_Determining_the_correct_name_for_the_plants_currently_accepted_as_Costus_productus