Araceae
Amorphophallus

Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc.

First published in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4(2): 46 (1879)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Sumatera. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Sumatera

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pannell, C.M., Indonesia 45023.000 No
Beccari, O. [488], Sumatera K000291429 Unknown type material Yes
Beccari, O. [488], Sumatera K000291430 Unknown type material Yes
Beccari, O. [488], Sumatera K000291431 Unknown type material Yes
Beccari, O. [488], Sumatera K000291432 Unknown type material Yes
Beccari, O. [488], Sumatera K000291433 Unknown type material Yes
Beccari, O. [488], Sumatera K000291434 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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