| Name | Costus formosus C. V. Morton | 
| Authorship | C. V. Morton | 
| Rank | Species | 
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg | 
| Placed in | Costus Linnaeus | 
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66847-2 | 
| Citation | 1937 J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 27: 305 | 
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Costus formosus C. V. Morton | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |