Alocasia micholitziana Sander GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Alocasia

Family:

Araceae

Subfamily:

Aroideae

Tribe:

Colocasieae

Nomen number:

2495

Place of publication:

Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 51: exhib. suppl. 15. 1912

Verified:

11/06/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Burnett, D. 1984. The cultivated Alocasia. Aroideana 7:93.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
Hay, A. et al. 1995. Checklist of the Araceae of Malesia, Australia, and the tropical Western Pacific region. Blumea Suppl. 8:1-161.
Hay, A. 1999. The genus Alocasia (Araceae-Colocasieae) in the Philippines. Gard. Bull. Singapore 51:1-41.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Nauheimer, L. et al. 2012. Giant taro and its relatives: a phylogeny of the large genus Alocasia (Araceae) sheds light on Miocene floristic exchange in the Malesian region. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:43-51.

Common names

English
elephant's-ear –
green-velvet alocasia –
German
Elefantenohr-Pfeilblatt –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Asia-Tropical

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.