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Taxon:
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
(L.) Schott
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Xanthosoma
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Caladieae
Nomen number:
42090
Place of publication:
H. Schott & S. L. Endlicher, Melet. bot. 19. 1832 ("sagittaefolium")
Verified:
06/30/2003
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
Basionym
Arum sagittifolium
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caladium sagittifolium
(L.) Vent.
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Berlingeri, C. & M. B. Crespo.
2012. Inventory of related wild species of priority crops in Venezuela. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 59:655-681.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Note:
recognizes
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
"tannia" as a regional important crop, and lists all species records of the genus
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Cathebras, C. et al.
2014. Characterization of microsatellites in
Xanthosoma sagitiifolium
(Araceae) and cross-amplification in related species. Applic. Pl. Sci. 2(6):1400027.
Croat, T. B. & N. Lambert.
1986. The Araceae of Venezuela. Aroideana 9:213.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
de la Torre, L. et al.
2008. Enciclopedia de las plantas útiles del Ecuador
Note:
re. Ecuadorian common names
Dodson, C. H. & A. H. Gentry.
1978. Flora of the Rio Palenque science center.
Doungous, O. et al.
2015. Retrotransposon molecular markers resolve cocoyam (
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
) and taro (
Colocasia esculenta
) by type and variety. Euphytica 206:541-554.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Xanthosoma+sagittifolium&quantity=1
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 5:2330.
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
Parham, J. W.
1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
new cocoyam –
Reference(s)
tania –
Reference(s)
French
chou Caraïbe –
Reference(s)
malanga marron –
Reference(s)
taye –
Reference(s)
tayove –
Reference(s)
German
Tania –
Reference(s)
Tania-Goldnarbe –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
adão –
Reference(s)
costela-de-adão –
Reference(s)
Spanish
malanga –
Reference(s)
ocumo –
Reference(s)
papa china –
Reference(s)
sango azul –
Reference(s)
tiquisque blanco –
Reference(s)
yautía –
Reference(s)
yautía blanca –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Puerto Rico)
tanier –
Reference(s)
Swedish
tannia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Saint Vincent
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Barbados
,
Guadeloupe
,
Jamaica
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
,
United States
[Puerto Rico],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
[Saint Vincent]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Human food
vegetable
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Name
References