Colocasia esculenta

Characteristics
Monocots
ARACEAE
Colocasia
Colocasia esculenta (L.)Schott
WILD TARO; DASHEEN; COCO YAM
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Not Native FACW (NWPL) FISC(I) OBL (DEP)
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Classification
ALISMATALES
Colocasia
Colocasia esculenta (L.)Schott - WILD TARO; DASHEEN; COCO YAM
Citation
COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (Linnaeus) Schott, in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 18. 1832.
Arum esculentum Linnaeus 1753.
JAMAICA: (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica Nat. Hist. 2: t. 106(1). 1725). Lectotypified by Nicolson, in A. C. Smith, Fl. Vit. Nov. 1: 456. 1979.
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