Tacca

Tacca chantrieri

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species: T. ampliplacenta – T. ankaranensis – T. bibracteata – T. borneensis – T. celebica – T. chantrieri – T. ebeltajae – T. integrifolia – T. khanhhoaensis – T. leontopetaloides – T. maculata – T. palmata – T. palmatifida – T. parkeri – T. plantaginea – T. reducta – T. subflabellata – T. weberi

Name

• Tacca J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 35. (1775)
  • Type species: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 704 (1891) Designated as synonym Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl.: 70 (1776)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ataccia C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 149. 1828.
  • Chaitaea Sol. ex Seem., Fl. Vit. 102. 1865.
  • Leontopetaloides Boehm., in Ludwig Gen. Pl. ed. 3, 512. 1760, nom. rej.
  • Schizocapsa Hance, J. Bot. 19: 292. 1881.
    

Note: Genus is also circumscribed in Dioscoreaceae (Govaerts et al., 2015)

Species in Synonymy

• Tacca abyssinica Hochst. ex Baker
• Tacca angustilobata Merr.
• Tacca ankaranensis Bard.-Vauc.
• Tacca artocarpifolia Seem.
• Tacca aspera Roxb.
• Tacca bibracteata Drenth
• Tacca borneensis Ridl.
• Tacca breviloba Warb. ex W.Limpricht
• Tacca brownii Seem.
• Tacca brownii var. paeoniifolia (Domin) H.Limpr.
• Tacca celebica Koord.
• Tacca chantrieri André
• Tacca chantrieri f. macrantha (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr.
• Tacca choudhuriana Deb
• Tacca cristata Jack
• Tacca dubia Schult.f.
• Tacca ebeltajae Drenth
• Tacca elmeri K.Krause
• Tacca esquirolii (H.Lév.) Rehder
• Tacca fatsiifolia Warb. ex W.Limpricht
• Tacca flabellata J.J.Sm.
• Tacca gaogao Blanco
• Tacca garrettii Craib
• Tacca guineensis G.Don ex Loud.
• Tacca hawaiiensis W.Limpricht
• Tacca integrifolia Ham. ex Hook.f.
• Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl.
• Tacca involucrata Schum. & Thonn.
• Tacca laevis Roxburgh
• Tacca lanceolata Seem.
• Tacca lanceolata Spruce
• Tacca lancifolia Zoll. & Mor. Syst. Verz. Zoll. 91.
• Tacca lancifolia var. breviscapa Ostenf.
• Tacca litorea Rumph.
• Tacca macrantha Limpr.
• Tacca maculata Seem.
• Tacca maculata Zipp. ex Span. nom. inval.
• Tacca madagascariensis Bojer
• Tacca minahassae Koord.
• Tacca minor Ridl.
• Tacca montana Schult.f.
• Tacca nivea hort.
• Tacca oceanica Seem.
• Tacca palmata Blume
• Tacca palmatifida Baker
• Tacca parkeri Seem.
• Tacca parkeri f. paraensis H.Limpr.
• Tacca parkeri var. lanceolata H.Limpr.
• Tacca paxiana H.Limpr.
• Tacca phallifera Schult.f.
• Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
• Tacca pinnatifida subsp. interrupta (Warb.) H.Limpr.
• Tacca pinnatifida subsp. maculata (Seem. ) H.Limpr.
• Tacca pinnatifida subsp. madagascariensis (Bojer) W.Limpricht
• Tacca pinnatifida var. aconitifolia F.Muell. ex Bentham
• Tacca pinnatifida var. brownii (Seem.) F.M.Bailey
• Tacca pinnatifida var. maculata (Seem. ) Domin
• Tacca pinnatifida var. paeoniifolia Domin
• Tacca pinnatifida var. permagna Domin
• Tacca pinnatifolia Gaertn.
• Tacca plantaginea (Hance) Drenth
• Tacca quanzensis Welw.
• Tacca rafflesiana Jack ex Wallich
• Tacca reducta P.C.Boyce & S.Julia
• Tacca roxburghii H.Limpr.
• Tacca rumphii J.C.Schau.
• Tacca samoensis Reinecke
• Tacca sativa Rumph.
• Tacca sprucei Benth.
• Tacca subflabellata P.P.Ling & C.T.Ting
• Tacca sumatrana W.Limpricht
• Tacca ulei W.Limpricht
• Tacca umbrarum Jum. & H.Perrier
• Tacca weberi Elmer
• Tacca vesicaria Blanco
• Tacca vespertilio Ridl.
• Tacca wilsonii H.Limpr.
• Tacca viridis Hemsley

References

• Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A. (1775) Characteres Generum Plantarum 35.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Tacca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Tacca. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Tacca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2015.
• V.S. Dang & Vuong (Taccaceae), a new species from southern Vietnam] PhytoKeys 114: 115-122 30 Dec 2018 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.114.29367[https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/29367/ Tacca khanhhoaensis

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: takka
български: Така (род)
čeština: Tacca
Deutsch: Tacca
English: Arrowroot
suomi: Viiksikit
français: Tacca
lietuvių: Karčiuotė
Nederlands: pijlwortel
polski: Krąpielowate
svenska: Taccasläktet
中文: 蒟蒻薯属

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