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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.
Costus zamoranus was first described by Julian Alfred Steyermark in 1964.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Costus zamoranus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
