Alocasia macrorrhizos
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Monocots
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Order:
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Alismatales
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Family:
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Araceae
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Genus:
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Alocasia
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Species:
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A. macrorrhizos
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Binomial name
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Alocasia macrorrhizos
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Synonyms |
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List
- Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem.
- Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach
- Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado
- Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Furtado
- Alocasia marginata N.E.Br.
- Alocasia metallica Schott
- Alocasia montana (Roxb.) Schott
- Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte
- Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott
- Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K.Krause
- Alocasia variegata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Arum cordifolium Bory
- Arum indicum Lour.
- Arum macrorrhizon L.
- Arum montanum Roxb.
- Arum mucronatum Lam.
- Arum peregrinum L.
- Arum rapiforme Roxb.
- Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br.
- Caladium metallicum Engl.
- Caladium odoratum Lodd.
- Calla badian Blanco
- Calla maxima Blanco
- Colocasia boryi Kunth
- Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott
- Colocasia montana (Roxb.) Kunth
- Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth
- Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf.
- Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth
- Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth
- Philodendron punctatum Kunth
- Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth
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Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests from Borneo to Queensland and has long been cultivated on many Pacific islands and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include giant taro,ʻape, giant alocasia and pai. In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi (a term which also refers to a marine animal).