Genus Alocasia (Schott) G. Don


Summary
Genus number:
438
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Colocasieae
Common name(s):

taro
Accession count:

60 (7  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons., Madrid ICN Art. 14.10 & App. III) over the earlier homonym (Madrid ICN Art. 53) Alocasia Neck. ex Raf., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
  2. Hay, A. 1998. The genus Alocasia (Araceae-Colocasieae) in west Malesia and Sulawesi. Gard. Bull. Singapore 50:221-334.
  3. Hay, A. 1999. The genus Alocasia (Araceae-Colocasieae) in the Philippines. Gard. Bull. Singapore 51:1-41.
  4. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  5. Mayo, S. J. et al. 1997. The genera of Araceae
  6. Nauheimer, L. et al. 2012. Giant taro and its relatives: a phylogeny of the large genus Alocasia (Araceae) sheds light on Miocene floristic exchange in the Malesian region. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:43-51.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=438. Accessed 10 May 2026.