Alocasia (Schott) G.Don
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Ascension, Brazil Northeast, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kermadec Is., Leeward Is., Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Paraguay, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., St.Helena, Sudan, Tibet, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ensolenanthe Schott in Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 368 (1861)
- Panzhuyuia Z.Y.Zhu in J. Sichuan Chinese Med. School 4(5): 49 (1985)
- Schizocasia Schott in Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 148 (1862)
- Xenophya Schott in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 124 (1863)
Accepted Species
- Alocasia acuminata Schott
- Alocasia aequiloba N.E.Br.
- Alocasia alba Schott
- Alocasia arifolia Hallier f.
- Alocasia atropurpurea Engl.
- Alocasia augustiana L.Linden & Rodigas
- Alocasia azlanii K.M.Wong & P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia baginda Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia balgooyi A.Hay
- Alocasia beccarii Engl.
- Alocasia boa A.Hay
- Alocasia boyceana A.Hay
- Alocasia brancifolia (Schott) A.Hay
- Alocasia brisbanensis (F.M.Bailey) Domin
- Alocasia cadieri Chantrier
- Alocasia celebica Engl. ex Koord.
- Alocasia chaii P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia clypeolata A.Hay
- Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G.Don
- Alocasia culionensis Engl.
- Alocasia cuprea (H.Low ex Sankey) K.Koch
- Alocasia decipiens Schott
- Alocasia decumbens Buchet
- Alocasia devansayana (L.Linden & Rodigas) Engl.
- Alocasia epilithica Serebryanyi, K.Z.Hein & Naive
- Alocasia evrardii Gagnep. ex V.D.Nguyen
- Alocasia fallax Schott
- Alocasia farisii Zulhazman, Norziel. & P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia flabellifera A.Hay
- Alocasia flemingiana Yuzammi & A.Hay
- Alocasia fornicata (Kunth) Schott
- Alocasia grata Prain ex Engl. & Krause
- Alocasia hainanica N.E.Br.
- Alocasia hararganjensis H.Ara & M.A.Hassan
- Alocasia heterophylla (C.Presl) Merr.
- Alocasia hollrungii Engl.
- Alocasia hypoleuca P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach
- Alocasia infernalis P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia inornata Hallier f.
- Alocasia jiewhoei V.D.Nguyen
- Alocasia kerinciensis A.Hay
- Alocasia lancifolia Engl.
- Alocasia lauterbachiana (Engl.) A.Hay
- Alocasia lecomtei Engl.
- Alocasia longiloba Miq.
- Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don
- Alocasia maquilingensis Merr.
- Alocasia megawatiae Yuzammi & A.Hay
- Alocasia melo A.Hay, P.C.Boyce & K.M.Wong
- Alocasia micholitziana Sander
- Alocasia minuscula A.Hay
- Alocasia monticola A.Hay
- Alocasia navicularis (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Alocasia nebula A.Hay
- Alocasia nicolsonii A.Hay
- Alocasia nycteris Medecilo, G.C.Yao & Madulid
- Alocasia odora (G.Lodd.) Spach
- Alocasia × okinawensis Tawada
- Alocasia pangeran A.Hay
- Alocasia peltata M.Hotta
- Alocasia perakensis Hemsl.
- Alocasia portei Schott
- Alocasia princeps W.Bull
- Alocasia principiculus A.Hay
- Alocasia puber (Hassk.) Schott
- Alocasia puncakborneensis S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
- Alocasia puteri A.Hay
- Alocasia pyrospatha A.Hay
- Alocasia ramosii A.Hay
- Alocasia reginae N.E.Br.
- Alocasia reginula A.Hay
- Alocasia reversa N.E.Br.
- Alocasia ridleyi A.Hay
- Alocasia robusta M.Hotta
- Alocasia salarkhanii H.Ara & M.A.Hassan
- Alocasia sanderiana W.Bull
- Alocasia sarawakensis M.Hotta
- Alocasia scabriuscula N.E.Br.
- Alocasia scalprum A.Hay
- Alocasia simonsiana A.Hay
- Alocasia sinuata N.E.Br.
- Alocasia suhirmaniana Yuzammi & A.Hay
- Alocasia venusta A.Hay
- Alocasia vietnamensis V.D.Nguyen & de Kok
- Alocasia wentii Engl. & K.Krause
- Alocasia wongii A.Hay
- Alocasia yunqiana Z.X.Ma, Yifan Li & J.T.Yin
- Alocasia zebrina Veitch ex J.Dix
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boyce, P.C. (2008). A review of Alocasia (Araceae: Colocasieae) for Thailand including a novel species and new species records from south-west Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 36: 1-17.
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
CATE Araceae
- Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997. The genera of Araceae. 370 pp.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2008. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2016 | Simaga, J.M. [9299], Papua New Guinea | K001235124 | No | ||
Apr 18, 2007 | Edwards, P.J. [2064], Malaysia | 75520.000 | No | ||
Sands, M.J.S. [502], Indonesia | 13369.001 | No | |||
Malaysia | 18245.000 | No | |||
29047.081 | No | ||||
34265.000 | No | ||||
Bogner, J. [405], Thailand | 34426.000 | No | |||
Boyce, P. [743], Malaysia | 59115.000 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8239], Indonesia | 59398.000 | No | |||
Boyce, P.C. [891], Thailand | 60525.000 | No | |||
Boyce, P.C. [889], Thailand | 60526.000 | No |
Sources
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CATE Araceae
- Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0