Araceae
Taccarum

Taccarum caudatum Rusby

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 210 (1927)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Acre) to Bolivia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Peru

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gonçalves, E.G. (2003). Elucidating the elusive Taccarum warmingii (Araceae-Tribe Spathicarpeae), and a revised key for the genus Taccarum. Aroideana 26: 16-21.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Taccarum weddellianum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gonçalves, E.G. (2003). Elucidating the elusive Taccarum warmingii (Araceae-Tribe Spathicarpeae), and a revised key for the genus Taccarum. Aroideana 26: 16-21.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0