Plate 2 a in Monograph of African Costaceae

Plate 2 a. Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum. Basal inflorescence. – b. Costus gabonensis Koechlin. Inflorescence. – c. Costus giganteus Welw. ex Ridl. Inflo- rescence. – d. Costus gracillimus Maas & H.Maas. Inflorescence with red bracts (a: photographed in Burgers' Bush, Arnhem, The Netherlands, no specimen collected; b: Maas et al. 10465; c: Scharf 221; d: Maas et al. 10571). — Photos: a, b, d: P.J.M.Maas; c: L.Y.T.Westra.Published as part of Kamer1, H. Maas-van de, Maas1, P.J.M., Wieringa1, J.J. & Specht, C.D., 2016, Monograph of African Costaceae, pp. 280-318 in Blumea 61 (3) on page 298, DOI: 10.3767/000651916X694445, http://zenodo.org/record/757002

Map 9 in Monograph of African Costaceae

Map 9 Distribution of Costus lilaceus Maas & H.Maas (●) and C. talbotii Ridl. (▲).Published as part of Kamer1, H. Maas-van de, Maas1, P.J.M., Wieringa1, J.J. & Specht, C.D., 2016, Monograph of African Costaceae, pp. 280-318 in Blumea 61 (3) on page 303, DOI: 10.3767/000651916X694445, http://zenodo.org/record/757002

Fig. 2 in Monograph of African Costaceae

Fig. 2 Phylogenetic hypothesis for African Costus based on a 4-marker (ITS, ETS, CAM, rpb2) dataset, including species from genera Monocostus, Dimerocostus and Chamaecostus as outgroup taxa and including 12 species from the Neotropical Costus clade to demonstrate the paraphyly of the African taxa with respect to the New World radiation. African taxa (dark lines) with accession information indicated.Published as part of Kamer1, H. Maas-van de, Maas1, P.J.M., Wieringa1, J.J. & Specht, C.D., 2016, Monograph of African Costaceae, pp. 280-318 in Blumea 61 (3) on page 287, DOI: 10.3767/000651916X694445, http://zenodo.org/record/757002

Acclimatization of Tapeinochilos ananassae plantlets in association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The objective of this work was to assess the potential of three isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to promote growth of micropropagated plantlets of Tapeinochilos ananassae during acclimatization. The experiment was carried out in greenhouse, in a completely randomized block design, with four inoculation treatments: non‑inoculated control and plants inoculated with Glomus etunicatum, Acaulospora longula or Gigaspora albida, with ten replicates. After 90 days, the following parameters were evaluated: survival rate, height, leaf and tiller number, leaf area, fresh and dry biomass, contents of macro‑ and micronutrients in the root and shoot, glomerospore number, and mycorrhizal colonization. The survival percentage was 100%, except for plants inoculated with G. albida (80%). The isolate G. etunicatum is more suitable for plant development, since it improves survival, growth, dry matter production, nutritional status, and vigor of T. ananassae micropropagated plants