Araceae
Colocasia

Colocasia affinis Schott

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 28 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. India, Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Myanmar. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Ara, H., & Abul Hassan, M. (2005). New records of three aroids from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 12: 25-32.
  • Gogoi, R. & Borah, S. (2013). Two new species and a new record for Colocasia (Araceae: Colocasieae) from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 65: 27-37.
  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • 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

  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • 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?
[Roher] [2435] India K002820579 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002820574 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002820575 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002820328 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [12366] India K002820332 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5652] Bangladesh K002820320 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [14718] Burma K002820409 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002820326 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002820329 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002820577 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002820578 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002820327 Yes
s.coll. [854 A] India K002820330 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [470] India K000499477 Type Yes
Gamble, J.S. [7018] India K002820331 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5547] Bangladesh K002820323 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000499478 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bullock, A.A. [s.n.] India K002820324 Yes
s.coll. [8952] Bangladesh K002820325 Yes
[Stove] [s.n.] K002820576 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5762] Bangladesh K002820322 Yes
Boyce, P.C.; Toha, A.M.M.; Rahman, M.A. [5652] Bangladesh K002820321 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images