Alocasia macrorrhizos

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 macrorrhizos

Name

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don, Hort., Brit. ed. 3, (Sweet) 631. 1839, as "macrorhizon".

Synonyms

Basionym

Arum macrorhizum L., Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.

Homotypic

Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R. Br., Prodr., 336. 1810.
Colocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott ex Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 18. 1832.

Heterotypic

Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Veget. 12: 47. 1846.
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. ser. 3, 11:254. 1941.
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. ser. 3, 11:253. 1941.
Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Ann. Gén. Hort. 21:93, t. 2206. 1875.
Arum indicum Lour., Fl. Cochin. 536. 1790.
Arum mucronatum Lam., Encycl. vol. 3, 12. 1789.
Arum peregrinum L., Sp. Pl., 966. 1753.
Caladium glycirrhizum Fraser, Bot. Misc. (Hooker) vol. 1, 259. 1830.
Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3:39. 1841.
Colocasia peregrina (L.) Schott, Syn. Aroid., 2. 1856.
Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché, App. Gen. Sp. Nov. (A. C. H. Braun et al.) 5. 1854.
Arum cordifolium Bory, Voy. îles Afrique 1: 376 (1804).
Caladium odoratum G.Lodd., Bot. Cab. 5: t. 416 (1820).
Arum montanum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 497 (1832).
Arum rapiforme Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 497 (1832).
Calla badian Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 658 (1837).
Calla maxima Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 658 (1837).
Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 145 (1840).
Colocasia boryi Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 41 (1841).
Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 39 (1841).
Colocasia montana (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 40 (1841).
Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 40 (1841).
Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 40 (1841).
Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 51 (1841).
Philodendron punctatum Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 48 (1841).
Alocasia metallica Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 410 (1854).
Alocasia montana (Roxb.) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 410 (1854).
Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 5 (1855).
Caladium indicum K.Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 136 (1857), not validly publ.
Caladium plumbeum K.Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 136 (1857), not validly publ.
Alocasia indica var. metallica (Schott) Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 145 (1860).
Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 157 (1860).
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) B.S.Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 325 (1870).
Alocasia indica var. heterophylla Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502 (1879).
Alocasia indica var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502 (1879).
Caladium metallicum Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502 (1879).
Alocasia grandis N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 890 (1886), nom. illeg.
Alocasia marginata N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 2: 712 (1887).
Alocasia harrisii-pulchrum Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1888(Suppl.): 3 (1888).
Alocasia insignis Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1888(Suppl.): 3 (1888).
Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 136 (1895).
Alocasia gigas Chantrier ex André, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 402 (1897).
Alocasia indica var. diversifolia Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 88 (1920).
Alocasia indica var. rubra (Hassk.) Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 88 (1920).
Alocasia indica var. typica Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 87 (1920).
Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 110 (1920).

Note:

Furtado misapplied the name A. macrorrhizos var variegata to the Australian A. brisbanensis.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie C. Malesia to Queensland (Murray Group) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Don, G., 1839. Hort. Brit. ed. 3, (Sweet) 631. 1839, as "macrorhizon".
Flora of Pakistan (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Nov 06 [1].
Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998-). IPK Gatersleben. 2009 Nov 16 [2].
USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alocasia macrorrhizos 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. Alocasia macrorrhizos. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Alocasia macrorrhizos in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Alocasia macrorrhizos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Giant Taro
español: Manto de Eva