Colocasieae

Ariopsis peltata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genera: Alocasia – Ariopsis – Colocasia – Leucocasia – Remusatia – Steudnera – Vietnamocasia

Name

Colocasieae Brongn., Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: 13. (1843). Validated by a reference to Colocasieae Endl., Gen. Pl.: 236. (1837).

• Type genus: Colocasia  Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 18 (1832), nom. cons.
  

Note: Alocasia is isolated in this tribe and may be best placed in its own monotypic higher taxon (Cusimano et al., 2011).

References

• Cusimano, N., Bogner, J., Mayo, S.J., Boyce, P.C., Wong, S.Y., Hesse, M., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Keating, R.C. & French, J.C. 2011. Relationships within the Araceae: Comparison of morphological patterns with molecular phylogenies. American Journal of Botany 98(4): 654–668. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000158 Reference page. 
• Lý, N.-S., Wong, S.Y., Haevermans, T., Nguyen, V.D. & Boyce, P.C. 2017. Vietnamocasia, a new genus from Central Vietnam belonging to the Alocasia-Colocasia clade (Araceae). Phytotaxa 303(3): 253–263. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.303.3.5 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

latviešu: kolokāziju cilts

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