Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don sec CATE Araceae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-araceae.org:taxon:5c87fd86-6bfb-1014-a918-dc439151c9e5
R.Sweet 1839. Hort. Brit.. , ed. 3: 631
Distinguishing Features
Distribution
IndoMalesia to Oceania. It is not clear where, if anywhere, this species occurs wild. It has evidently been distributed widely in tropical Asia in prehistoric times as a subsistence crop and is now pantropical by introduction as an ornamental.
Other Topics
Typification
As cited by Hay & Wise 1991: 532 :-
Type: Arum maximum macrorrhizon zeylanicum Hermann, Parad. Bat. t.73 (lecto.; selected by Furtado, C.X. 1941. Gard.Bull. Straits Settl. 11: 244 - 257).
