Alocasia macrorrhizos

Family:ARACEAE
Species:Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.)G.Don
Common Name:GIANT TARO
Status:Not Native, FACW (NWPL)
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Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order ALISMATALES
FamilyARACEAE
Genus Alocasia
Species Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.)G.Don - GIANT TARO

Citation

Citation ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS (Linnaeus) G. Don, in Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3. 631. 1839.
Basionym: Arum macrorrhizon Linnaeus 1753.
Type: SRI LANKA: Without data (lectotype: Hermann, Parad. Bat. t. 73. 1698). Lectotypified by Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem., ser. 3. 11: 252. 1941.

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Source

CountyHerbariaLiterature Citation (If Applicable)
Broward USF  
Hillsborough USF  
Indian River USF  
Marion MISSA  
Miami-Dade FLAS  
Polk USF  

Synonyms

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SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Arum macrorrhizon Arum macrorrhizon Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 965. 1753. TYPE: SRI LANKA: Without data (lectotype: Hermann, Parad. Bat. t. 73. 1698). Lectotypified by Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem., ser. 3. 11: 252. 1941.
Caladium macrorrhizon Caladium macrorrhizon (Linnaeus) R. Brown, Prodr. 336. 1810.BASIONYM: Arum macrorrhizon Linnaeus 1753. 
Colocasia macrorrhizos Colocasia macrorrhizos (Linnaeus) Schott ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 38. 1841.BASIONYM: Arum macrorrhizon Linnaeus 1753. 
Alocasia alba Alocasia alba Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 2: 59. 1852.  
Alocasia cordifolia Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordemoy, Fl. Réunion 136. 1895.BASIONYM: Arum cordifolium Bory 1804. 
Alocasia gigas Alocasia gigas Chantrier ex André, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 402. 1897.  
Alocasia grandis Alocasia grandis N. E. Brown, Gard. Chron., ser. 2. 26(2): 890. 1886.  
Alocasia harrisii-pulchra Alocasia harrisii-pulchra Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Ed. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1888(Suppl.): 3. 1888.  
Alocasia indica Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 12: 47. 1846.BASIONYM: Arum indicum Loureiro 1790. 
Alocasia indica var. diversifolia Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. diversifolia Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 71): 88. 1920, nom. illegit.BASIONYM: Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. heterophylla Engler 1879. 
Alocasia indica var. heterophylla Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. heterophylla Engler, in A. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan 2; 502. 1879. TYPE: PHILIPPINES
Alocasia indica var. metallica Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. metallica Engler, in A. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502. 1879.  
Alocasia indica var. rubra Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. rubra (Hasskarl) Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 71): 88. 1920.BASIONYM: Colocasia indica (Loureiro) Kunth, var. rubra Hasskarl 1848. 
Alocasia indica var. typica Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. typica Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 71): 87. 1920, nom. inadmiss.BASIONYM: Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach 1846; Arum indicum Loureiro 1790. 
Alocasia indica var. variegata Alocasia indica (Loureiro) Spach, var. variegata (K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) Engler, in A. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502. 1879.Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché 1854. 
Alocasia insignis Alocasia insignis Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Ed. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1888(Suppl.): 3. 1888.  
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra Alocasia macrorrhizos (Linnaeus) G. Don, var. rubra (Hasskarl) Furtado, Gard. Bull. Singapore 11: 254. 1941.BASIONYM: Colocasia indica (Loureiro) Kunth, var. rubra Hasskarl 1848. 
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata Alocasia macrorrhizos (Linnaeus) G. Don, var. variegata (K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) B. S. Williams, Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 325. 1870.Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché 1854. 
Alocasia marginata Alocasia marginata N. E. Brown, Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 2: 712. 1887.  
Alocasia montana Alocasia montana (Roxburgh) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 410. 1854.BASIONYM: Arum montanum Roxburgh 1832. 
Alocasia pallida Alocasia pallida K. Koch & C. D. Bouché, Index Sem. (Berlin) 1854(App.): 5. 1854.  
Alocasia plumbea Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Ann. Gén. Hort. 21: 93, pl. 2206. 1875.  
Alocasia rapiformis Alocasia rapiformis (Roxburgh) Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 157. 1860.BASIONYM: Arum rapiforme Roxburgh 1832. 
Alocasia uhinkii Alocasia uhinkii Engler & K. Krause, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 71): 110. 1920, pro hybr.  
Alocasia variegata Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché, Index Sem. (Berlin) 1854(App.): 5. 1854.  
Arum cordifolium Arum cordifolium Bory, Voy. Iles Afrique 1: 376. 1804.  
Arum indicum Arum indicum Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 536. 1790. TYPE: INDONESIA: Without data (lectotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: t. 106. 1747). Lectotypified by Nicolson, in A. C. Smith, Fl. Vit. Nov. 1: 455. 1979.
Arum montanum Arum montanum Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 497. 1832. TYPE: INDIA:
Arum mucronatum Arum mucronatum Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 12. 1786, nom. illegit.BASIONYM: Arum peregrinum Linnaeus 1753. 
Arum peregrinum Arum peregrinum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 966. 1753.  
Arum punctatum Arum punctatum Desfontaines, Tabl. Ecole Bot., ed. 3. 385. 1829.  
Arum rapiforme Arum rapiforme Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 497. 1832. TYPE: MYANMAR:
Calla badian Calla badian Blanco, Fl. Filip. 658. 1837. TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Calla maxima Calla maxima Blanco, Fl. Filip. 658. 1837. TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Colocasia boryi Colocasia boryi Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 41. 1841, nom. illegit.BASIONYM: Arum cordifolium Bory 1804. 
Colocasia indica Colocasia indica (Loureiro) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 39. 1841.BASIONYM: Arum indicum Loureiro 1790. 
Colocasia indica var. rubra Colocasia indica (Loureiro) Kunth, var. rubra Hasskarl, Pl. Jav. Rar. 145. 1848.  
Colocasia montana Colocasia montana (Roxburgh) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 49. 1841.BASIONYM: Arum montanum Roxburgh 1832. 
Colocasia mucronata Colocasia mucronata Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 40. 1841.  
Colocasia peregrina Colocasia peregrina (Linnaeus) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 3: 65. 1837 ("1836").BASIONYM: Arum peregrinum Linnaeus 1753. 
Colocasia rapiformis Colocasia rapiformis (Roxburgh) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 40. 1841.BASIONYM: Arum rapiforme Roxburgh 1832. 
Philodendron peregrinum Philodendron peregrinum (Linnaeus) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 51. 1841.BASIONYM: Arum peregrinum Linnaeus 1753. 
Philodendron punctatum Philodendron punctatum (Desfontaines) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 48. 1841.BASIONYM: Arum punctatum Desfontaines 1829. 

Specimens

Country State County Date Specimen Notes Image
USA Florida Hillsborough Co. 26 Sep 1991 B. F. Hansen 11982 Sheet 1 of 2.
USA Florida Hillsborough Co. 26 Sep 1991 B. F. Hansen 11982 Sheet 2 of 2.
USA Florida Broward Co. 02 Apr 2001 P. L. Howell 362
USA Florida Polk Co. 12 Oct 2000 B. F. Hansen 12911 Sheet 2 of 2.
USA Florida Polk Co. 12 Oct 2000 B. F. Hansen 12911 Sheet 1 of 2.
USA Florida Indian River Co. 25 Dec 2000 S. Myers 47
USA Louisiana Jefferson Par. 18 Nov 1949 J. A. Ewan s.n. CULTIVATED. Sheet 1.
USA Louisiana Jefferson Par. 18 Nov 1949 J. A. Ewan s.n. CULTIVATED. Sheet 2.
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