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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Alocasia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Alocasia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Aridae Takht. pub. 1997       SuperOrdo  Aranae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.       Ordo  Arales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.       Familia  Araceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Arums       Subtribus  Alocasiinae Schott pub. Syn. Aroid.: 43. Mar 1856.       Genus  Alocasia (Schott) G. Don pub. 1839 common name: taro

Named members of the Genus Alocasia

1	Species  alba Schott syn. Alocasia macrorrhizos
2	Species  crassifolia Engler syn. Alocasia macrorrhizos
3	Species  cucullata (Lour.) G. Don common name: chinese taro
4	Species  indica (Lour.) Spach syn. Alocasia macrorrhizos
5	Species  macrorrhiza (L.) Schott syn. Alocasia macrorrhizos
6	Species  macrorrhizos (L.) Schott common name: giant taro
7	Species  plumbea K. Koch ex Van Houtte common name: metallic taro

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.