Araceae
Leucocasia

Leucocasia gigantea (Blume) Schott

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 34 (1857)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China to W. Malesia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Maluku, Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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 gigantea.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ara, H. & Hassan, M.A. (2006). Three new records of Aroids (Araceae) from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 13: 83-91.
  • 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.
  • Nguyễn Văn Du (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 16: 1-458. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • 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?
Jul 1, 2010 Garrett, H.B.G. [1229] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K000524412 Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Kerr, A.F.G. [11576] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K000524410 Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Kerr, A.F.G. [11576] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K000524411 Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Rabil [202] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K000524413 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Zollinger, H. [1857/6] Colocasia gigantea K000524417 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Zollinger, H. [1857/6] Colocasia gigantea K000524416 Yes
Jul 1, 1970 Lau, S.K. [490] China Colocasia gigantea K000524404 Yes
Jun 26, 1962 McClure, F.A. [20587] China Colocasia gigantea K000524403 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [7505] China Colocasia gigantea K002820316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820630 Yes
Bogner, J. [427] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K:SPC-34491.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [3472] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K002820451 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [1721] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K002820453 Yes
Scortechini, Revd. [s.n.] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K000524405 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820629 Yes
Bogner [427] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K:SPC-58126.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820631 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K002820408 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820625 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820626 Yes
Nguyen, V.D., et al. [HNK-1751] Vietnam Colocasia gigantea K000524414 Yes
Nguyen, V.D., et al. [HNK-1751] Vietnam Colocasia gigantea K000524415 Yes
Lobb, T. [s.n.] Indonesia Colocasia gigantea K002820473 Yes
Ridley, H. [8156] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K000524408 Yes
Scortechini, Revd. [s.n.] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K000524406 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colocasia gigantea K002820628 Yes
Rabil [202] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K002820452 Yes
Bogner [427] Colocasia gigantea K:SPC-57567.000 No
Nur [11916] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K000524407 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [1721] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K002820454 Yes
Scortechini (Father Revd.) [s.n.] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K002820406 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [6275] Malaysia Colocasia gigantea K002820407 Yes
Bogner [427] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K000524409 Yes
Colocasia gigantea K:SPC-46113.000 No
Bogner [427] Thailand Colocasia gigantea K:SPC-58103.000 No

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 2024. 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 2024. 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