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Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 18 (1832)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Alismatales
family
Araceae
genus
Colocasia
species
Colocasia esculenta

Name

Synonyms
Alocasia dussii Dammer
Alocasia illustris W.Bull
Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag.
Arum chinense L.
Arum colocasia L.
Arum colocasioides Desf.
Arum esculentum L.
Arum lividum Salisb.
Arum nymphaeifolium (Vent.) Roxb.
Arum peltatum Lam.
Caladium acre R.Br.
Caladium antiquorum (Schott) André
Caladium atrovirens André
Caladium colocasia Schott ex Wight
Caladium colocasioides (Desf.) Brongn.
Caladium divaricatum André
Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.
Caladium esculentum subsp. bataviensis Hovey
Caladium glycyrrhizum Fraser
Caladium nigrescens André
Homonyms
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Common names
Bore in language.
Coco yam in English
Għorgħas in Maltese
Malanga in language.
Malangón in language.
Taro in German
Zehrwurzel in German
alcocaz in Spanish
arum in language.
coco yam in English
cocoyam in English
cocoyam in language.
cocoyam in English
colocasia in Spanish
colocasie in French
dasheen in language.
dasheen in English
daun keladi in Malay
eddo in English
eddo in language.
elephant's ear in language.
elephant's-ear in English
inhame in language.
inhame in Portuguese
inhame-branco in Portuguese
inhame-branco in language.
inhame-da-costa in language.
inhame-da-África in language.
inhame-da-índia in Portuguese
inhame-roxo in Portuguese
kalo in language.
madumbe in language.
malanga in language.
malanga in Spanish
taioba in Portuguese
taioba-de-São-Tomé in language.
taioba-de-são-tomé in Portuguese
taro in Swedish
taro in English
taro in language.
taro in English
tayoba in Spanish
toran in language.
wild taro in English
토란 in language.
Taro in English
Wild Taro in English
taro in Swedish
taro in Norwegian Bokmål
taro in Nynorsk, Norwegian

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Karlsson (2017-03-07 23:00:00) Nytt om nordiska kärlväxter 2015–2016.
  3. POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitado por Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Publicado en Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Consultado el 26 de mayo de 2022". http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/
  4. Yuzammi, " & Hay, A. ". Colocasia in Araceae (Unpublished) Flora Malesiana. (Submitted). http://araceae.e-monocot.org/node/148
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