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Details for: Colocasia esculenta

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Source:	World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Name:	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Nomencl. ref.:	in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 18. 1832
Rank:	Species
Status:	ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in):	Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta Subdivisio - Spermatophytina Class - Magnoliopsida Superordo - Lilianae Ordo - Alismatales Familia - Araceae Genus - Colocasia Schott
Basionym:	Arum esculentum L.
Homotypic synonyms:	Arum esculentum L.
	Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.
	Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai
Heterotypic synonyms:	Alocasia dussii Dammer
	Alocasia illustris W. Bull
	Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag.
	Arum chinense L.
	Arum colocasia L.
	Arum colocasioides Desf.
	Arum lividum Salisb.
	Arum nymphaeifolium (Vent.) Roxb.
	Arum peltatum Lam.
	Caladium acre R. Br.
	Caladium colocasia (L.) W. Wight, nom. illeg.
	Caladium colocasioides (Desf.) Brongn.
	Caladium glycyrrhizum Fraser
	Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent.
	Caladium violaceum Desf.
	Caladium violaceum Engl.
	Calla gaby Blanco
	Calla virosa Roxb.
	Colocasia acris (R. Br.) Schott
	Colocasia aegyptiaca Samp.
	Colocasia antiquorum Schott
	Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth, des. inval.
	Colocasia euchlora K. Koch & Linden
	Colocasia fontanesii Schott
	Colocasia gracilis Engl.
	Colocasia himalensis Royle
	Colocasia neocaledonica Van Houtte
	Colocasia nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Kunth
	Colocasia peltata (Lam.) Samp.
	Colocasia tonoimo Nakai
	Colocasia vera Hassk.
	Colocasia violacea (Desf.)
	Colocasia virosa (Roxb.) Kunth
	Colocasia vulgaris Raf.
	Steudnera virosa (Roxb.) Prain
	Zantedeschia virosa (Roxb.) K. Koch
	Colocasia antiquorum var. multifolia Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum var. patens Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum var. rosea Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum var. rupicola Haines
	Colocasia antiquorum var. stolonifera Haines
	Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum (Schott) F. T. Hubb. & Rehder
	Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis Hassk.
	Colocasia esculenta var. rupicola (Haines) H. B. Naithani
	Colocasia esculenta var. stolonifera (Haines) H. B. Naithani
	Colocasia antiquorum f. acuatica Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum f. eguimo Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum f. oyasetage Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum f. purpurea Makino
	Colocasia antiquorum f. yamamotoi Makino
	Colocasia esculenta f. ebiimo Makino
	Colocasia esculenta f. rotundifolia Makino

*Common names:*	alaberca (Galician), alcolcaz (Spanish, Castillian), alcozcaz (Spanish, Castillian), aro de Egipto (Spanish, Castillian), aro egipcio (Spanish, Castillian), colocàsia (Catalan), colocasia (Portuguese), colocásia (Portuguese), colocasia (Spanish, Castillian), colocàssia (Majorcan), culcasia (Spanish, Castillian), folla d´ar (Galician), folla d´ara (Galician), folla da ara (Galician), folla do aire (Galician), folla do ar (Galician), follas da prata (Galician), herba da ara (Galician), herba do aire (Galician), herba do ar (Galician), igname (Portuguese), inhame (Portuguese), inhame de Egipto (Portuguese), inhame do Egipto (Portuguese), mantas de Santa Maria (Spanish, Castillian), manto de Nuestra Señora (Spanish, Castillian), manto de Santa Maria (Spanish, Castillian), manto de Santa María (Spanish, Castillian), name (Spanish, Castillian), ñame (Spanish, Castillian), rapa d´aigua (Galician), taro (Catalan), yame de Canarias (Spanish, Castillian), yame de Egipto (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits]
*Maps:*	distribution
*Occurrence:*	[Az Hs It Ju Lu Md Sa Si]