Alocasia odora

Alocasia odora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Alocasia
Species: Alocasia odora

Name

Alocasia odora (G.Lodd.) Spach, 1846

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arum odorum G.Lodd., Bot. Cab. 5: t. 416 (1820).
• Homotypic
  • Caladium odorum (G.Lodd.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 8: t. 641 (1822).
  • Colocasia odora (G.Lodd.) Brongn., Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 145 (1834).
• Heterotypic
  • Colocasia odora var. rubra Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 9 (1842).
  • Colocasia odora var. viridis Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 9 (1842).
  • Arum odoratum Heynh., Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 46 (1846), orth. var.
  • Alocasia commutata Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 409 (1854).
  • Caladium odoratissimum K.Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 20 (1857).
  • Alocasia subodorata Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 113 (1920).
  • Alocasia tonkinensis Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 91 (1920).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Assam; Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; Japan; Laos; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Spach, É., 1846. Hist. Nat. Vég. 12:46. 1846
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alocasia odora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alocasia odora. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 03 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Alocasia odora in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 03.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Alocasia odora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Asian taro
русский: Алоказия пахучая
中文: 姑婆芋

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