PLANTS Profile for Alocasia cucullata (chinese taro)

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PLANTS Profile

Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don
chinese taro

Symbol:

ALCU5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Araceae

Duration:

None

Not in PFA

More Information:

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Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don

Related Taxa:
Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don

View 29 genera in Araceae, 5 species in Alocasia

Classification:
Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arales
Family	Araceae – Arum family
Genus	Alocasia (Schott) G. Don – taro
Species	Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don – chinese taro

More Accounts and Images:
Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185365.

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Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 02:48 PM CST