Xanthosoma pubescens

Xanthosoma pubescens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Caladieae
Genus: Xanthosoma
Species: Xanthosoma pubescens

Name

Xanthosoma pubescens Poepp., 1845.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Caladium pubescens (Poepp.) N.E.Br., Bot. Mag. 137: t. 8402. 1911.

• Heterotypic
  • Xanthosoma buchtienii Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 54. 1920.
  • Xanthosoma pubescens var. latesinuatum Engl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 116. 1914.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bolivia; Brazil North; Ecuador; Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Poeppig, E.F. in Poeppig, E.F. & Endlicher, S.L. 1845. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 89.

Links

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

Vernacular names

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