Distribution
Native to:
Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Alocasia amabilis W.Bull in Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 143: 9 (1878)
- Alocasia argyrea Mast. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 731 (1892)
- Alocasia cochinchensis Pierre ex Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 103 (1920)
- Alocasia curtisii N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 247 (1894)
- Alocasia cuspidata Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 25 (1898)
- Alocasia denudata Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 507 (1879)
- Alocasia denudata var. elongata Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 100 (1920)
- Alocasia eminens N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 1: 105 (1887)
- Alocasia gibba André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 402 (1897)
- Alocasia gigantea Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 43 (1870)
- Alocasia grandis Clemenc. in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 380 (1868)
- Alocasia intermedia H.Laurentius in Nursery Cat. (Laurentius'schen Gärtnerei) 40: 1 (1868)
- Alocasia korthalsii Schott in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 124 (1863)
- Alocasia leoniae Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 109 (1920), pro syn.
- Alocasia longifolia Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 103 (1920), pro syn.
- Alocasia lowii Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 89: t. 5376 (1863)
- Alocasia lowii var. grandis (Clemenc.) G.Nicholson in Ill. Dict. Gard., Century Suppl.: 35 (1900)
- Alocasia lowii var. picta Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5497 (1865)
- Alocasia lowii var. reticulata W.Bull in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 9 (1864)
- Alocasia lowii var. veitchii (Lindl.) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 508 (1879)
- Alocasia lucianii Pucci ex Rodigas in Ill. Hort. 34: 75 (1887)
- Alocasia pucciana André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 466 (1887)
- Alocasia putzeysii N.E.Br. in Ill. Hort. 29: t. 439 (1882)
- Alocasia singaporensis Linden in Gartenflora 14: 252 (1865)
- Alocasia spectabilis Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 109 (1920), pro syn.
- Alocasia thibantiana Mast. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 527 (1878)
- Alocasia veitchii (Lindl.) Schott in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 125 (1863)
- Alocasia veitchii var. supurba Veitch in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 21 (1864)
- Alocasia watsoniana Sander in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 13: 442 (1893)
- Caladium lowii H.Low ex J.Dix in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 689 (1862)
- Caladium veitchii Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1859: 740 (1859)
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.
- Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- 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.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
CATE Araceae
- Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Boyce, P.C., Murata, J., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Bogner, J. & Jacobsen, N. 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2010 | Marsiyo [Mar 17], Sumatera | K000576471 | No | ||
| 34519.000 | No | ||||
| Mason, L.M. | 34788.000 | No | |||
| Leche, S. [198] | 43272.000 | No | |||
| Leche, S. [200] | 44397.000 | No | |||
| Marsh, M. [34] | 45739.000 | No | |||
| Leche, S. [199] | 45801.000 | No | |||
| Boyce, P. [384], Brunei | 49923.000 | No | |||
| Forman, L.L. [1082], Brunei | 56476.000 | No | |||
| Poulsen, A.D. [18], Malaysia | 59045.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 63707.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 63708.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 63756.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 64020.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 64021.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 64022.000 | No | |||
| Herscovitch, C., Australia | 64127.000 | No | |||
| Curtis, C. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000291555 | holotype | Yes | ||
| Curtis, C. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000291556 | holotype | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132685 | Yes |
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
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images