Lasia (Araceae)

Lasia spinosa

Lasia spinosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lasioideae
Genus: Lasia
Species: L. concinna – L. spinosa

Name

Lasia Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 81 (1790).

• Type species: Lasia aculeata Lour. (= synonym of Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lasius Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 59 (1844).

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus I. Pp. I–XX, 1–353. Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Lasia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lasia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 10 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Lasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

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