Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Colocasia antiquorum var. fontanesii (Schott) Schott in Syn. Aroid.: 42 (1856)
- Colocasia esculenta var. fontanesii (Schott) A.F.Hill in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 118 (1939)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Colocasia antiquorum var. atropurpurea Rafarin in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 73 (1874)
- Colocasia gaoligongensis H.Li & C.L.Long in Feddes Repert. 110: 423 (1999)
- Colocasia gongii C.L.Long & H.Li in Feddes Repert. 111: 559 (2000)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
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 Colocasia esculenta.]
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Colocasia esculenta.]
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Colocasia antiquorum.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- 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.
- 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:
Sources
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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