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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Xanthosoma

Hierarchical position of the Genus Xanthosoma

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       Genus  Xanthosoma Schott common name: elephant's ear

Named members of the Genus Xanthosoma

1	Species  atrovirens K. Koch & Bouch� common name: yautia amarilla
2	Species  brasiliense (Desf.) Engl. common name: Tahitian spinach
3	Species  caracu K. Koch & Bouch� common name: yautia horqueta
4	Species  helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott common name: belembe silvestre
5	Species  jacquinii Schott syn. Xanthosoma undipes
6	Species  nigrum (Vell.) Stellfeld syn. Xanthosoma violaceum
7	Species  robustum Schott common name: capote
8	Species  roseum Schott common name: rosy malanga
9	Species  sagittifolium (L.) Schott common name: arrowleaf elephant's ear
10	Species  undipes (K. Koch) K. Koch common name: tall elephant's ear
11	Species  violaceum Schott common name: purplestem 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.