Alocasia indica

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Alocasia indica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Alocasia
Species:
A. indica
Binomial name
Alocasia indica
(Lour.) Spach (1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alocasia indica var. typicaEngl. (1920)
  • Alocasia indica var. diversifoliaEngl. (1920)
  • Alocasia indica var. heterophyllaEngl. (1879)
  • Alocasia indica var. metallica(Schott) Schott (1860)
  • Alocasia indica var. rubra(Hassk.) Engl. (1920)
  • Alocasia indica var. variegata(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. (1879)
  • Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra(Hassk.) Furtado (1941)
  • Alocasia macrorrhizos variegata(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Veitch ex J.Dix (1861)
  • Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) B.S.Williams (1870)
  • Alocasia metallicaSchott (1854)
  • Alocasia variegataK.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1855)
  • Arum indicumLour. (1790) (basionym)
  • Colocasia indica(Lour.) Kunth (1841)
  • Colocasia indica var. rubraHassk. (1840)

Alocasia indica is a species of flowering plant in the arum family, Araceae. [2] It is a subshrub native to India and Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Java. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. "Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2025.