Colocasia affinis

Colocasia affinis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Colocasia
Species: Colocasia affinis

Name

Colocasia affinis Schott, 1859

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Alocasia jenningsii Veitch, Gard. Chron. 1868: 26 (1868).
  • Colocasia affinis var. jenningsii (Veitch) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 493 (1879).
  • Colocasia bicolor C.L.Long & L.M.Cao, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 40: 283 (2003).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schott, H.W., 1859. Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 28

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Colocasia affinis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Colocasia affinis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 03 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Colocasia affinis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 03.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Colocasia affinis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

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