Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Costus arabicus L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 2 [secondary reference]

• Type: Costus arabicus L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(30): 164 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 114 [secondary reference]

Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1904), Das Pflanzenreich 20: 378-425 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 542 [secondary reference]

Maas, P.J.M. (1979), Notes on Asiatic and Australian Costoideae (Zingiberaceae). Blumea 25(2): 543-549 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1183 [secondary reference]

Smith, R.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Costaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 35 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (native and doubtfully naturalised)

Larsen, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Costaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 131, Fig. 35 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 564 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 222 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Costus subg. Eucostus K.Schum. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: Qld (native and naturalised)

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