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Taxon:
Alocasia plumbea
Van Houtte
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alocasia
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Colocasieae
Nomen number:
459696
Place of publication:
Ann. Gén. Hort. 21:93, t. 2206. 1875
Comment:
valid publication and authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
09/10/2015
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
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Reference(s)
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Note:
=
Alocasia indica
(Lour.) Koch
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Burger, W. C., ed.
1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Chen. J. et al.
2004. Interspecific relationships of
Alocasia
revealed by AFLP analysis. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 79:582-586.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Note:
=
Alocasia macrorrhizos
(L.) G. Don
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
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
Serviss, B. E. et al.
2000. Occurrence, distribution, and ecology of
Alocasia
,
Caladium
,
Colocasia
, and
Xanthosoma
(Araceae) in the southeastern United States. Sida 19:149-174.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
Common names
English
purple ape –
Reference(s)
purple taro –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Northern America
United States
5
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Borneo
Cultivated
Northern America
REGION:
United States
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Borneo
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Serviss, B. E. et al.
2000. Occurrence, distribution, and ecology of
Alocasia
,
Caladium
,
Colocasia
, and
Xanthosoma
(Araceae) in the southeastern United States. Sida 19:149-174.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
Name
References