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Costus zamoranus
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Costus zamoranus

Costus zamoranus is an endangered species of plant native to Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. As of 2015 there were estimated to be 200 plants still growing wild in Ecuador, though the remaining forest habitat is threatened by farming, livestock and logging.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 436040.