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Taxon:
Alocasia alba
Schott
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alocasia
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Colocasieae
Nomen number:
1762
Place of publication:
Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 2:59. 1852
Verified:
11/06/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alocasia crassifolia
Engl.
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Reference(s)
Chen. J. et al.
2004. Interspecific relationships of
Alocasia
revealed by AFLP analysis. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 79:582-586.
Note:
as "
Alocasia crassifolia
"
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Hay, A. & Yuzammi.
2000. Plate 403.
Alocasia alba
. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 17:216-220.
Hay, A.
1998. The genus
Alocasia
(Araceae-Colocasieae) in west Malesia and Sulawesi. Gard. Bull. Singapore 50:221-334.
Kurniawan, A. et al.
2013. Studies on the Araceae of the Lesser Sunda Islands I: new distribution records for
Alocasia alba
. Gard. Bull. Singapore 65:157-162.
Nauheimer, L. et al.
2012. Giant taro and its relatives: a phylogeny of the large genus
Alocasia
(Araceae) sheds light on Miocene floristic exchange in the Malesian region. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:43-51.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Common names
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
Native
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatera]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Hay, A. & Yuzammi.
2000. Plate 403.
Alocasia alba
. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 17:216-220.
Name
References