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Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

This species name was first published in Melet. Bot. : 18 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000917419.

Synonyms of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 127 (1952) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000227227
Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119 (1880) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000276308
Arum chinense L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 234 (1754) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000278158
Arum colocasia L. Sp. Pl. : 965 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000278203
Arum colocasioides Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 7 (1829) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000278214
Arum esculentum L. Sp. Pl. : 965 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000278938
Arum lividum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 260 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000279890
Arum nymphaeifolium (Vent.) Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 65 (1814) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000280547
Arum peltatum Lam. Encycl. 3: 13 (1789) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000280953
Colocasia antiquorum f. acuatica Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926) wfo-0000619483
Colocasia antiquorum f. eguimo Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926) wfo-0000619492
Colocasia antiquorum f. oyasetage Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926) wfo-0000619502
Colocasia antiquorum f. purpurea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926) wfo-0000619511
Colocasia antiquorum f. yamamotoi Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926) wfo-0000619521
Colocasia antiquorum var. multifolia Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 4 (1916) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000619532
Caladium acre R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 336 (1810) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000738211
Caladium colocasia (L.) W.Wight Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 206 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000740190
Caladium colocasioides (Desf.) Brongn. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 156 (1834) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000740202
Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv. : t. 30 (1801) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000740667
Caladium glycyrrhizum Fraser Bot. Misc. 1: 259 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000740768
Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv. : t. 30 (1801) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000742156
Caladium violaceum Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 7 (1829) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000747330
Caladium violaceum Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 492 (1879) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000747392
Calla gaby Blanco Fl. Filip. : 659 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000767238
Colocasia antiquorum var. patens Makino Somoku-Dzusetsu , ed. 3, 4: 1253 (1912) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000793059
Colocasia antiquorum var. rosea Makino Somoku-Dzusetsu , ed. 3, 4: 1253 (1912) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000793060
Colocasia esculenta f. ebiimo Makino Pract. Hort. 16(10): 996 (1940) wfo-0000793061
Colocasia esculenta f. rotundifolia Makino Pract. Hort. 16(10): 996 (1940) wfo-0000793062
Colocasia antiquorum var. acris (R.Br.) Schott Syn. Aroid. : 41 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908941
Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta (L.) Schott Syn. Aroid. : 41 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908942
Colocasia antiquorum var. euchlora (K.Koch & Linden) Schott Syn. Aroid. : 42 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908943
Colocasia antiquorum var. illustris (W.Bull) Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 492 (1879) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908946
Colocasia antiquorum var. nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 492 (1879) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908947
Colocasia esculenta var. acris (R.Br.) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 117 (1939) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908948
Colocasia esculenta var. euchlora (K.Koch & Linden) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 117 (1939) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908949
Colocasia esculenta var. globulifera (Engl. & K.Krause) R.A.Young Bull. U.S.D.A. (1895-1901) 1924: 1247 (1924) wfo-0000908951
Colocasia esculenta var. illustris (W.Bull) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 118 (1939) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908952
Colocasia esculenta var. nymphaeifolia (Kunth) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 116 1939 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000908953
Colocasia antiquorum var. globulifera Engl. & K.Krause Pflanzenr. , IV, 23E: 68 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000914825
Colocasia acris (R.Br.) Schott Melet. Bot. : 18 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917266
Colocasia aegyptiaca Samp. Herb. Port. , Apend 2: 3 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917277
Colocasia antiquorum Schott Melet. Bot. : 18 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917328
Colocasia antiquorum var. rupicola Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 867 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917338
Colocasia antiquorum var. stolonifera Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 867 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917350
Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth Helios 11: 134 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917392
Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum (Schott) F.T.Hubb. & Rehder Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1(1): 5. 1932 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917429
Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. : 150 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917440
Colocasia esculenta var. rupicola (Haines) H.B.Naithani Fl. Pl. India : 454 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917448
Colocasia esculenta var. stolonifera (Haines) H.B.Naithani Fl. Pl. India : 454 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917458
Colocasia euchlora K.Koch & Linden Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 4 (1855) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917466
Colocasia formosana Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 133 (1919) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917493
Colocasia gracilis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 185 (1880) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917534
Colocasia himalensis Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 407 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917565
Colocasia konishii Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 134 (1919) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917630
Colocasia neocaledonica Van Houtte Nursery Cat. (Louis van Houtte) 1885: ? (1885) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917722
Colocasia nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 37 (1841) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917739
Colocasia peltata (Lam.) Samp. Herb. Port. : 12 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917770
Colocasia tonoimo Nakai Iconogr. Pl. Asiae Orient. 3: 231 (1940) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917848
Colocasia vera Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl. 1): 81 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917858
Colocasia violacea (Desf.) Anon. Bot. Mag. 126: t. 7732 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917867
Colocasia vulgaris Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 65 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917891
Alocasia dussii Dammer Gartenflora 1892: 312 (1892) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000948932
Alocasia illustris W.Bull Gard. Chron. 1873: 606 (1873) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000949127
Colocasia antiquorum var. aquatilis (Hassk.) Engl. & K.Krause Pflanzenr. IV 23E(Heft 71): 68 1920 wfo-0001084255
Caladium nigrescens André Pl. Feuill. Ornem. : 113 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000036745
Caladium atrovirens André Pl. Feuill. Ornem. : 113 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000036763
Caladium divaricatum André Pl. Feuill. Ornem. : 113 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000036822
Caladium parimaense André Pl. Feuill. Ornem. : 113 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000036830
Caladium violaceum var. alboviolaceum André Pl. Feuill. Ornem. : 112 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200014905
Colocasia antiquorum var. typica Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 491 (1879) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200015641
Colocasia esculenta var. typica A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 116 (1939) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200015788
Caladium esculentum unr. bataviensis Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 22 (1882) wfo-1200030840
Caladium antiquorum (Schott) André Pl. Feuill. Ornem. : 113 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200030965