Alocasia macrorrhizos

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales
Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Alocasia
Species: Alocasia macrorrhizos

Name

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don, Hort., Brit. ed. 3, (Sweet) 631. 1839, as "macrorhizon".

Synonyms

Basionym

• Arum macrorhizum L., Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.

Homotypic

• Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R. Br., Prodr., 336. 1810.
• Colocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott ex Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 18. 1832.

Heterotypic

• Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Veget. 12: 47. 1846.
• Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. ser. 3, 11:254. 1941.
• Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. ser. 3, 11:253. 1941.
• Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Ann. Gén. Hort. 21:93, t. 2206. 1875.
• Arum indicum Lour., Fl. Cochin. 536. 1790.
• Arum mucronatum Lam., Encycl. vol. 3, 12. 1789.
• Arum peregrinum L., Sp. Pl., 966. 1753.
• Caladium glycirrhizum Fraser, Bot. Misc. (Hooker) vol. 1, 259. 1830.
• Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3:39. 1841.
• Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar. 145. 1840.
• Colocasia peregrina (L.) Schott, Syn. Aroid., 2. 1856.
• Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché, App. Gen. Sp. Nov. (A. C. H. Braun et al.) 5. 1854.

Note

Furtado misapplied the name A. macrorrhizos var variegata to the Australian A. brisbanensis.

References

• Flora of Pakistan (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Nov 06 [1].

• Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998-). IPK Gatersleben. 2009 Nov 16 [2].

• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).

Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

• Alocasia macrorrhizos in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: giant taro

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