Xanthosoma helleborifolium

Xanthosoma helleborifolium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Caladieae
Genus: Xanthosoma
Species: Xanthosoma helleborifolium

Name

Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott, 1865.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arum helleborifolium Jacq., Collectanea 3: 217. 1791.

• Homotypic
  • Acontias helleborifolius (Jacq.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 19. 1832.
  • Caladium helleborifolium (Jacq.) Vent., Descr. Pl. Nov.: t. 30. 1801.

• Heterotypic
  • Acontias plumieri Schott, Syn. Aroid.: 65. 1856.
  • Acontias variegatus (Desf.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 45. 1841.
  • Arum sagittifolium Link, Enum. Pl. 2: 393. 1822, nom. illeg.
  • Arum venosum Balb. ex Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 487. 1879.
  • Caladium hastifolium Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 249. 1840.
  • Caladium variegatum Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 7 385. 1829.
  • Xanthosoma angustisectum Engl., Exsicc. (Arac.) 1884: 88. 1884.
  • Xanthosoma hastifolium K.Koch, Index Seminum (B) 1854(App.): 2. 1855.
  • Xanthosoma helleborifolium f. variegatum (Desf.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 198. 1878.
  • Xanthosoma helleborifolium f. viride Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 198. 1878.
  • Xanthosoma helleborifolium var. angustisectum (Engl.) Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 61. 1920.
  • Xanthosoma helleborifolium var. weberbaueri Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 132. 1920.
  • Xanthosoma plumieri (Schott) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 33. 1865.
  • Xanthosoma variegatum (Desf.) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 33. 1865.}}

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Brazil North; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Guyana; Leeward Is.; Panam; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schott, H.W. 1865. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 33.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Xanthosoma helleborifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Xanthosoma helleborifolium. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 02 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Xanthosoma helleborifolium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Xanthosoma helleborifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: belembe silvestre

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