Alocasia longiloba

Alocasia longiloba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Alocasia
Species: Alocasia longiloba

Name

Alocasia longiloba Miq., 1856

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Caladium veitchii Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1859: 740 (1859).
  • Alocasia korthalsii Schott, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 124 (1863).
  • Alocasia lowii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 89: t. 5376 (1863).
  • Alocasia veitchii (Lindl.) Schott, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 125 (1863).
  • Caladium lowii Lem., Ill. Hort. 1863: t. 360 (1863).
  • Alocasia lowii var. reticulata W.Bull, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 9 (1864).
  • Alocasia veitchii var. supurba Veitch, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 21 (1864).
  • Alocasia lowii var. picta Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5497 (1865).
  • Alocasia singaporensis Linden, Gartenflora 14: 252 (1865).
  • Alocasia grandis Clemenc., Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 380 (1868).
  • Alocasia intermedia H.Laurentius, Nursery Cat. (Laurentius'schen Gärtnerei) 40: 2 (1868).
  • Alocasia amabilis W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 143: 9 (1878).
  • Alocasia thibantiana Mast., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 527 (1878).
  • Alocasia denudata Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 507 (1879).
  • Alocasia lowii var. veitchii (Lindl.) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 508 (1879).
  • Alocasia putzeysii N.E.Br., Ill. Hort. 29: t. 439 (1882).
  • Alocasia eminens N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 1: 105 (1887).
  • Alocasia lucianii Pucci ex Rodigas, Ill. Hort. 34: 75 (1887).
  • Alocasia pucciana André, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 466 (1887).
  • Alocasia argyrea Mast., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 731 (1892).
  • Alocasia watsoniana Sander, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 13: 442 (1893).
  • Alocasia curtisii N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 247 (1894).
  • Alocasia gibba André, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 402 (1897).
  • Alocasia cuspidata Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 25 (1898).
  • Alocasia lowii var. grandis (Clemenc.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard., Century Suppl.: 35 (1900).
  • Alocasia cochinchensis Pierre ex Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 103 (1920).
  • Alocasia denudata var. elongata Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 100 (1920).
  • Alocasia leoniae Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 109 (1920), pro syn.
  • Alocasia longifolia Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 103 (1920), pro syn.
  • Alocasia spectabilis Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 109 (1920), pro syn.

Hybrids

• Alocasia ×amazonica hort, nom. inval., ined.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Myanmar; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Thailand; Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Miquel, F.A.W., 1856. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 3:207. 1856
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alocasia longiloba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alocasia longiloba. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 02 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Alocasia longiloba in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 02.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Alocasia longiloba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

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