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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Alocasia (Schott) G.Don, Hort. Brit. 631 (1839)
Description
Robust, monoecious, rhizomatous, perennial herbs. Stem short, thick, with leaf-scars. Leaves usually sagittate-cordate, net-veined, long-petioled. Inflorescence solitary or several together at or near apex of plant, pedunculate. Spathe tubular below, expanded and usually boat-shaped above. Spadix usually < spathe; female flowers at base separated from male flowers by a short zone of sterile flowers; terminal sterile appendage conical.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Steele, R.; Lowe, M. 2002–2006: Index. Subtropicals Index: 1–12.
Sweet, R. 1839: Sweet's Hortus Britannicus. Edition 3.
