Details for: NA 84598, Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don, NA 84598

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don

Top Name:

NA 84598

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

01 Jul 2016

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Availability

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National Arboretum

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don

Top Name:

NA 84598

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

01 Jul 2016

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

NA 84598

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Alocasia macrorrhizos.

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don

Genus:

Alocasia

Family:

Araceae

Subfamily:

Aroideae

Tribe:

Colocasieae

Nomen number:

2492

Place of publication:

R. Sweet, Hort. brit. ed. 3:631. 1839 "macrorhizon" (H. W. Schott, Melet. 18. 1832, nom. inval. "macrorhiza")

Protologue link:

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044103115382?urlappend=%3Bseq=655%3Bownerid=27021597764420501-657

Comment:

Schott did not validly publish this in 1832 because the genus Alocasia was first published in a suppressed work (1790) and was not validly published until 1837 (Shenzhen ICN Art. 35.1)

Verified:

05/26/2023 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Arum macrorrhizon L.

Autonym(s)
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don var. macrorrhizos

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don var. variegata (K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) Furtado
Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché
Arum indicum Lour.
Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth
Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth var. indica
Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth var. rubra Hassk.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	ape	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	cunjevoi	1	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
English	giant alocasia	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	giant taro	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	pai	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French	alocasie	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Alokasie	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	riesenblättriges Pfeilblatt	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1193.
India	mankachu	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	inhame-açú	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	orelha-de-elefante-gigante	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	taiá-Rio-Branco	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	taioba	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	malanga	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	alokasia	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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