Details for: PI 17103, Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don
Origin:
Collected – West Bengal, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Jan 1906
PI Assigned:
1905
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don
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):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
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")
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishape  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishcunjevoi  1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Englishgiant alocasia  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishgiant taro  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishpai  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchalocasie  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanAlokasie  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanriesenblättriges Pfeilblatt  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1193.
Indiamankachu  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame-açú  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)orelha-de-elefante-gigante  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)taiá-Rio-Branco  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)taioba  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishmalanga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishalokasia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 18 Mar 1999, from Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach to Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don
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