Details for: PI 16946, Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

Origin:

Collected – Cameroon

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

03 Jan 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Inventory Volume:

12
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

Origin:

Collected – Cameroon

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

03 Jan 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Source History

Collected

Cameroon

Collector(s):

Nehrling, H., Palm Cottage Experiment Gardens

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

Genus:

Xanthosoma

Family:

Araceae

Subfamily:

Aroideae

Tribe:

Caladieae

Nomen number:

42091

Place of publication:

Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3:370. 1853

Comment:

place of publication verified from original literature by D. H. Nicolson, pers. comm. (via e-mail on 2 May 2002)

Verified:

05/03/2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Invalid Designation(s)
Xanthosoma nigrum auct.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	black malanga		1	Morton, J. F. 1972. Cocoyams (Xanthosoma caracu, X. atrovirens and X. nigrum), ancient root- and leaf-vegetables, gaining in economic importance. Proc. Florida State Hort. Soc. 85:87. Note: = Xanthosoma nigrum Mansf.
English	blue ape		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	blue-taro		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	primrose malanga		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Xanthosoma nigrum Mansf.
English	yautia		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	malanga noir	as Xanthosoma nigrum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Xanthosoma nigrum Mansf.
Portuguese	batata-de-taxola	as Xanthosoma nigrum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Xanthosoma nigrum Mansf.
Spanish	otó	as Xanthosoma nigrum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Xanthosoma nigrum Mansf.
Spanish	tiquisque morado	as Xanthosoma nigrum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Xanthosoma nigrum Mansf.
Spanish (Mexico)	mafafa		2	Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 116.
Swedish	purpurtannia		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Totonac (Mexico)	paxnikak		2	Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 116.

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