Araceae
Alocasia

Alocasia melo A.Hay, P.C.Boyce & K.M.Wong

First published in Bot. Mag. 14: 84 (1997)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Borneo (Sabah). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1998 Collenette, MB. [s.n.] K000291376 holotype Yes
Oct 1, 1998 Collenette, MB. [s.n.] K000291377 holotype Yes
Collenette, MB. [s.n.] 22427.000 Unknown type material No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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