Woodblocks Museum Plantin-Moretus
Woodblocks Plantin-Moretus

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(1553-1601)

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no. 4540 [MPM.HB.04540]

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Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

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name cited:
Arum esculentum L.
name recognized:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
name recognized (basionym):
Arum esculentum L.

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origin of:
C. Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist., vol. 2 fasicle 4, : p. 75 (1601)

M. de Lobel, Pl. Strip. Icon., vol. 1 : p. 597, fig. 1 (1591)

R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Stirp. Hist. Pempt.: p. 326, fig. 2 (1583)

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family: Araceae

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epithet: esculentus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=435567

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homotypic synonyms:
Arum esculentum L.; Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.; Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai;
heterotypic synonyms:
Alocasia dussii Dammer; Alocasia illustris W.Bull; 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; 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 bataviensis Alphand; Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth; 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.) auct.; Colocasia virosa (Roxb.) Kunth; Colocasia vulgaris Raf.; Steudnera virosa (Roxb.) Prain; Zantedeschia virosa (Roxb.) K. Koch;