Lasia spinosa

Lasia spinosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lasioideae
Genus: Lasia
Species: Lasia spinosa

Name

Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites, 1864

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dracontium spinosum L., Sp. Pl.: 967 (1753).
• Heterotypic
  • Lasia aculeata Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 81 (1790).
  • Pothos heterophyllus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 457 (1820).
  • Pothos lasia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 458 (1820).
  • Pothos spinosus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.º 4447 C (1831), pro syn.
  • Lasia heterophylla (Roxb.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832).
  • Lasia loureiroi Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Lasia roxburghii Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 155 (1851).
  • Lasia hermannii Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 125 (1857).
  • Lasia jenkinsii Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 125 (1857).
  • Lasia zollingeri Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 125 (1857).
  • Lasia desciscens Schott, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 127 (1863).
  • Lasia crassifolia f. angustisecta Engl., Exsicc. (Arac.) 1883: n.º 194 (1883).
  • Lasia crassifolia f. latisecta Engl., Exsicc. (Arac.) 1883: n.º 194 (1883).
  • Lasia crassifolia Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 15 (1898).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Assam; Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan; India; Jawa; Laos; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Thwaites, G.H.K., 1864. Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 336

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Lasia spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lasia spinosa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Lasia spinosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Lasia spinosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lasia spinosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

සිංහල: කොහිල
中文: 刺芋

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