#NEXUS

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Study reference:
Specht C. 2006. Systematics and Evolution of the Tropical Monocot Family Costaceae
(Zingiberales): A Multiple Dataset Approach. Systematic Botany, 31(1).

TreeBASE Study URI:  http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S1460]

BEGIN TAXA;
        TITLE  Combined;
        DIMENSIONS NTAX=66;
        TAXLABELS
            Costus_acreanus
            Costus_afer
            Costus_aff_globosus
            Costus_aff_globosus_a
            Costus_aff_lucanusianus
            Costus_allenii
            Costus_amazonicus
            Costus_chartaceus
            Costus_claviger
            Costus_comosus
            Costus_curcumoides
            Costus_curvibracteatus
            Costus_cuspidatus
            Costus_deistelii
            Costus_dinklagei
            Costus_dubius
            Costus_englerianus
            Costus_erythrocoryne
            Costus_fissiligulatus
            Costus_gabonensis
            Costus_globosus
            Costus_guanaiensis_var_guanaiensis
            Costus_guanaiensis_var_tarmicus
            Costus_lacerus
            Costus_laevis
            Costus_lanceolatus
            Costus_lasius
            Costus_lateriflorus
            Costus_letestui
            Costus_lucanusianus
            Costus_maculatus
            Costus_malortieanus
            Costus_megalobractea
            Costus_montanus
            Costus_mosaicus
            Costus_paradoxus
            Costus_phaeotrichus
            Costus_pictus
            Costus_pictus_2
            Costus_plicatus
            Costus_pulverulentus
            Costus_pulverulentus_2
            Costus_sp_nov
            Costus_sp._126
            Costus_speciosus
            Costus_speciosus_a
            Costus_speciosus_b
            Costus_spectabilis
            Costus_stenophyllus
            Costus_subsessilis
            Costus_talbotii
            Costus_varzearum
            Costus_villossisimus
            Costus_woodsonii
            Dimerocostus_argenteus
            Dimerocostus_strobilaceus
            Dimerocostus_strobilaceus_a
            Monocostus_uniflorus
            Siphonochilus_decora
            Siphonochilus_kirkii
            Tapeinochilos_ananasse
            Tapeinochilos_dahlii
            Tapeinochilos_holrungii
            Tapeinochilos_pubescens
            Tapeinochilos_queenslandiae
            Tapeinochilos_solomonensis
            ;
END;

BEGIN TREES;
      TITLE Tb7599;
      LINK TAXA = Combined;
      TREE Fig._1 = [&R] (Siphonochilus_kirkii,(Siphonochilus_decora,(((((((Tapeinochilos_solomonensis,Tapeinochilos_dahlii),((Tapeinochilos_queenslandiae,Tapeinochilos_pubescens),Tapeinochilos_ananasse)),Tapeinochilos_holrungii)Tapeinochilos,((Costus_globosus,Costus_aff_globosus),((Costus_speciosus,Costus_speciosus_a),Costus_lacerus))Cheilocostus),(Costus_englerianus,Costus_paradoxus)Paracostus)Asian_Costaceae,(((((((((((((((Costus_woodsonii,Costus_stenophyllus),(Costus_pulverulentus,Costus_pulverulentus_2)),Costus_curvibracteatus),Costus_comosus),Costus_montanus),(Costus_sp._126,Costus_sp_nov)),(((Costus_varzearum,Costus_claviger),(Costus_chartaceus,Costus_erythrocoryne)),((((((Costus_villossisimus,Costus_guanaiensis_var_guanaiensis),Costus_plicatus),Costus_guanaiensis_var_tarmicus),Costus_amazonicus),(Costus_lasius,Costus_allenii)),Costus_malortieanus))),Costus_laevis),(Costus_pictus,Costus_pictus_2)),Costus_acreanus)New_World_Costus,(((Costus_megalobractea,Costus_afer),Costus_dubius),((Costus_aff_lucanusianus,Costus_lucanusianus),Costus_deistelii))African_melittophilous_Costus),(Costus_maculatus,Costus_dinklagei)),((Costus_phaeotrichus,Costus_mosaicus),(Costus_gabonensis,Costus_fissiligulatus))),(Costus_talbotii,(Costus_letestui,Costus_lateriflorus))),Costus_spectabilis)Costus),((Monocostus_uniflorus,(Dimerocostus_strobilaceus,Dimerocostus_argenteus)),((Costus_subsessilis,Costus_cuspidatus),(Costus_lanceolatus,Costus_curcumoides))Chamaecostus))Costaceae));
[!  TreeBASE tree URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/tree/TB2:Tr564]


END;