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Taxon:
Xanthosoma brasiliense
(Desf.) Engl.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Xanthosoma
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Caladieae
Nomen number:
42083
Place of publication:
Pflanzenr. IV. 23E(Heft 71):58. 1920
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
Caladium brasiliense
Desf.
No images
Reference(s)
Bunting, G.
1965. Commentary on Mexican Araceae. Gentes Herbarum 9:375.
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+brasiliense&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Gonçalves, E. G.
2011. The commonly cultivated species of
Xanthosoma
Schott (Araceae), including four new species. Aroideana 34:3-23.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Morton, J. F.
1972. Cocoyams (
Xanthosoma caracu
,
X. atrovirens
and
X. nigrum
), ancient root- and leaf-vegetables, gaining in economic importance. Proc. Florida State Hort. Soc. 85:88.
Plowman, T. A.
1969. Folk uses of New World aroids. Econ. Bot. 23:116.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
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
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
Tahitian-spinach –
Reference(s)
French
quélimbé –
Reference(s)
German
brasilianische Goldnarbe –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
belembé –
Reference(s)
Spanish
calalú –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Pará
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Saint Vincent
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
2
Cultivated
also cult.
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Martinique
,
United States
[Puerto Rico],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
[Saint Vincent]
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Pará]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Gonçalves, E. G.
2011. The commonly cultivated species of
Xanthosoma
Schott (Araceae), including four new species. Aroideana 34:3-23.
Human food
vegetable
Plowman, T. A.
1969. Folk uses of New World aroids. Econ. Bot. 23:116.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Human food
vegetable
Morton, J. F.
1972. Cocoyams (
Xanthosoma caracu
,
X. atrovirens
and
X. nigrum
), ancient root- and leaf-vegetables, gaining in economic importance. Proc. Florida State Hort. Soc. 85:88.
Name
References