Details for: PI 17101, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Origin:

Collected – West Bengal, India

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Inventory Volume:

12
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Origin:

Collected – West Bengal, India

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Source History

Collected

West Bengal, India

Collector(s):

Gage, A.T., Royal Botanical Gardens - Sibpur

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Genus:

Amorphophallus

Family:

Araceae

Subfamily:

Aroideae

Tribe:

Thomsonieae

Nomen number:

102457

Place of publication:

Taxon 26:338. 1977

Verified:

06/18/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Dracontium paeoniifolium Dennst.

Autonym(s)
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. paeoniifolius

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amorphophallus giganteus Blume
Arum campanulatum Roxb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne.
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad.
Plesmonium nobile Schott

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	elephant-yam	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	pungapung	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	sweet-yam	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	telinga-potato	1	Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:45-50.
English	telingo-potato	1	Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
German	Elefantenkartoffel	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1200.
Indonesian	suweg	2	Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:45-50.
Spanish	suran	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transcribed Thai	buk	2	Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:45-50.

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 18 Jun 2009, from Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad. to Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 26 Sep 1996, from Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne. to Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad.