Tacca leontopetaloides

Tacca leontopetaloides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species: Tacca leontopetaloides

Name

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 704. 1891.

Basionym

• Leontice leontopetaloides L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl.: 70 (1776).
  • Tacca pinnatifolia Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 43 (1788).
  • Arum gracile Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 65 (1814), nom. superfl.
  • Tacca involucrata Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 177 (1827).
  • Tacca dubia Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 167 (1829).
  • Tacca phallifera Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 167 (1829).
  • Tacca gaogao Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 262 (1837).
  • Tacca madagascariensis Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 350 (1837).
  • Arisaema gracile Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 21 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Tacca maculata Zipp. ex Span., Linnaea 15: 480 (1841), not validly publ.
  • Typhonium gracile Schott, Aroideae 1: 12 (1853), nom. superfl.
  • Tacca quanzensis Welw., Apont.: 591 (1859).
  • Chaitaea tacca Sol. ex Seem., Fl. Vit.: 102 (1866).
  • Tacca artocarpifolia Seem., Fl. Vit.: 101 (1866).
  • Tacca brownii Seem., Fl. Vit.: 100 (1866).
  • Tacca oceanica Seem., J. Bot. 4: 261 (1866).
  • Tacca viridis Hemsl., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2515 (1897).
  • Tacca abyssinica Hochst. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 413 (1898).
  • Tacca pinnatifida var. acutifolia H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 55 (1902).
  • Tacca pinnatifida subsp. interrupta Warb. ex H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 56 (1902).
  • Tacca pinnatifida subsp. involucrata (Schumach. & Thonn.) H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 55 (1902).
  • Tacca pinnatifida subsp. madagascariensis H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 53 (1902).
  • Tacca umbrarum Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 8: 386 (1910).
  • Tacca pinnatifida var. brownii (Seem.) F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl., ed. 2: 548 (1913).
  • Tacca pinnatifida var. paeoniifolia Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 533 (1915).
  • Tacca pinnatifida var. permagna Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 532 (1915).
  • Tacca brownii var. paeoniifolia Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 30 (1928).
  • Tacca hawaiiensis H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 30 (1928).
  • Tacca involucrata var. acutifolia (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
  • Tacca madagascariensis (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
  • Tacca pinnatifida f. obtusata Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. Old World to Pacific Andaman Is.; Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Burkina; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Caroline Is.; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo; Cook Is.; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gilbert Is.; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hawaii; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Kenya; Laccadive Is.; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Line Is.; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaya; Maldives; Mali; Maluku; Marianas; Marquesas; Marshall Is.; Mauritius; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Nicobar Is.; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Territory; Philippines; Pitcairn Is.; Queensland; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Society Is.; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau-Manihiki; Tonga; Tuamotu; Tubuai Is.; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Western Australia; Zambia; Zaire; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, C.E.O., 1891. Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 704.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides. Published online. Accessed: Mar 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ostindische Pfeilwurz
English: Polynesian arrowroot, Fiji arrowroot, batflower, masoa, pia, taka
suomi: Liuskaviiksikki
français: pia, tacca
日本語: タシロイモ
Nederlands: duivelstong
русский: Такка перистонадрезанная
lea faka-Tonga: Māhoaʻa
中文: 蒟蒻薯

For more multimedia, look at Tacca leontopetaloides on Wikimedia Commons.