Leucocasia gigantea

Leucocasia gigantea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Leucocasia
Species: Leucocasia gigantea

Name

Leucocasia gigantea (Blume) Schott, 1857

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Caladium giganteum Blume, Catalogus: 103 (1823).
• Homotypic
  • Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 524 (1893).
• Heterotypic
  • Colocasia prunipes K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 4 (1855).
  • Arisaema fouyou H.Lév., Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 38 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schott, H.W., 1857. Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 34

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Leucocasia gigantea 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. Leucocasia gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 03 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Leucocasia gigantea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 03.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Leucocasia gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

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