Alocasia cuprea

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Alocasia cuprea
Alocasia cuprea - Victoriahuset, Bergianska tradgarden - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC00282.JPG
A. cuprea at Bergianska trädgården
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Alocasia
Species:
A. cuprea
Binomial name
Alocasia cuprea
(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch
Synonyms [1]
  • Caladium cupreumK.Koch & C.D.Bouché
  • Gonatanthus cupreus(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) H.Low ex Sankey
  • Alocasia metallica(K.Koch) Hook.
  • Caladium metallicumK.Koch
  • Caladium veitchiiHend. ex Hook.f.

Alocasia cuprea is a species of plant in the genus Alocasia native to Borneo. [1] [2] [3] This species derives its name, cuprea, from the unusual coppery appearance of the leaves, which are up to 60 cm (24 inches) long. [4] This color is especially pronounced on juvenile leaves, and the back of the leaf is a deep purple, [5] but there is also a greener leaf form of the plant. While rare in cultivation, A. cuprea has been known outside its native habitat since it was brought to Europe in the 1850s by Thomas Lobb for Veitch Nurseries. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alocasia cuprea (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Alocasia cuprea (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Alocasia cuprea K.Koch, Berliner Klin. Wochenschr. 4: 141 (1861).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 177–178, ISBN   978-0-88192-485-5
  5. ↑ Monroe Roberts Birdsey (1951), The cultivated aroids, Gillick Press, pp. 22–23
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