Alocasia cucullata

Alocasia cucullata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Alocasia
Species: Alocasia cucullata

Name

Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G.Don in R.Sweet, 1839

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arum cucullatum Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 536 (1790).
• Homotypic
  • Caladium cucullatum (Lour.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 575 (1807).
  • Colocasia cucullata (Lour.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 18 (1832).
• Heterotypic
  • Caladium rugosum Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 386 (1829).
  • Colocasia rugosa (Desf.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 41 (1841).
  • Caladium colocasia Schott ex Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 787 (1844).
  • Colocasia cochleata Miq., Index Seminum (AMD, Amstelodamensis) 1853: 3 (1853).
  • Alocasia rugosa (Desf.) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 410 (1854).
  • Panzhuyuia omeiensis Z.Y.Zhu, J. Sichuan Chinese Med. School 4(5): 50 (1985).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; China Southeast; Cook Is.; East Himalaya; Hainan; Japan; Laos; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Ogasawara-shoto; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Don, G. in R. Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 3:631. 1839 "cucullatum"

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alocasia cucullata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alocasia cucullata. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 02 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Alocasia cucullata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Alocasia cucullata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alocasia cucullata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: chinese taro

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