Alocasia odora

Alocasia odora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Colocasieae
Genus: Alocasia
Species:

Name

Alocasia odora (G.Lodd.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 12: 4 (1846).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Arum odorum G.Lodd., Bot. Cab. 5: t. 416 (1820).
  • Homotypic
    • Caladium odorum (G.Lodd.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 8: t. 641 (1822).
    • Colocasia odora (G.Lodd.) Brongn., Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 145 (1834).
  • Heterotypic
    • Colocasia odora var. rubra Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 9 (1842).
    • Colocasia odora var. viridis Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 9 (1842).
    • Arum odoratum Heynh., Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 46 (1846), orth. var.
    • Alocasia commutata Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 409 (1854).
    • Caladium odoratissimum K.Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 20 (1857).
    • Alocasia subodorata Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr. IV, 23E: 113 (1920).
    • Alocasia tonkinensis Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 91 (1920).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • Spain (introduced).
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension (introduced).
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka (introduced).
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Borneo.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

  • English: Asian taro
  • русский: Алоказия пахучая
  • 中文: 姑婆芋
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