Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Araceae Juss.
Colocasia esculenta ( L.) Schott
, legitimate , scientific
Schott, H.W. in Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.F.L. (1832) , Meletemata Botanica :
18
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
452
[secondary reference]
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Evans, O.D. (1962) , Araceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 22 :
10
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arum colocasia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calladium acre R.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladium acre R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
8
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
44
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
8
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Araceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2 :
733
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Araceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
273
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Araceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
982
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Du Puy, D.J. (1993) , Araceae. Flora of Australia 50 :
439
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
Hay, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Araceae. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
34
[secondary reference]
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
417
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arum colocasia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
301
[secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia :
201
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elephant's Ears
[n/a]
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000) , Araceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia :
215, Pl. 42, Fig. 45
[secondary reference]
common name:
Taro
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arum colocasia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calladium acre R.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladium acre R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia esculenta var. acris ( R.Br.) Schott
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Colocasia esculentum B.Hyland
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladium esculentum ( L.) Vent.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta ( L.) Schott ex Seem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Colocasia esculenta var. typica Engl.
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Colocasia antiquorum subsp. esculenta ( L.) Haudr.
legitimate
APC Comment:
Varietal taxa not recognised in Qld, NSW, LHI and NI.
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Hay, A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011) , Araceae. Flora of Australia 39 :
268-270, Fig. 58
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arum esculentum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arum colocasia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladium acre R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia acris ( R.Br.) Schott
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Colocasia esculenta var. acris ( R.Br.) Schott
legitimate
common name:
Taro
[n/a]