Details for: PI 354174, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson, Elephant Yam


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
Top Name:
Elephant Yam
Origin:
Collected – Papua New Guinea
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 1970
PI Assigned:
1970
Form Received:
Plant
Availability
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Distributed as: Tubers, Available: Year-round
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
Top Name:
Elephant Yam
Origin:
Collected – Papua New Guinea
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 1970
PI Assigned:
1970
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Collected
07 March 1970.
Papua New Guinea
Comment: As part of USDA Longwood Cooperative Program
Collector(s):
Donated
26 November 1970.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Elephant Yam
Type: Local name

TARS 15446
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS

Narrative
Forest nursery at Pine Top, near Bulolo. Herbaceous; single leaf palmately lobed to 2 m.; seed stalk separate from underground to 61 cm. Wild. Seed.
-- BPI Inventories --
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishelephant-yam  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishpungapung  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishsweet-yam  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Englishtelinga-potato  1Flach, 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.
Englishtelingo-potato  1Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
GermanElefantenkartoffel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1200.
Indonesiansuweg  2Flach, 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.
Spanishsuran  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transcribed Thaibuk  2Flach, 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
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 26 Nov 1970, from Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne. to Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
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