Taxonomy Profile: Colocasia esculenta (L Schott)

Colocasia esculenta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Colocasia antiquorum
Schott
Cladium colocasia
L W Wight
Arum esculentum
L
Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum
Schott FT Hubb & Rehder
Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis
Hassk
Caladium colocasia
L W Wight
Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta
L Schott
Common Name(s):
wild taro []
coco yam []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Colocasia esculenta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Lilianae
monocots |
monocotyledons |
monocotylédones |
Order : Alismatales
Family : Araceae
Arums |
Genus : Colocasia
Species : Colocasia esculenta
wild taro |
coco yam |
Colocasia esculenta Direct Children(s):
Colocasia esculenta: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Colocasia esculenta
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Colocasia esculenta
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Colocasia esculenta
Source:
eFloras: Flora of China, 2011
Acquired:
2011-01-01
Notes:
eFloras, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org
Reference for:
Colocasia esculenta
Source:
Araceae of North America Update
Acquired:
2010-11-30
Notes:
Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
Reference for:
Colocasia esculenta
Publication(s):
Colocasia esculenta: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caribbean Territories / Introduced
Colocasia esculenta: Comments