Alocasia 930004 208702439 2008-04-28T06:44:01Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[ru:Алоказия]] {{Taxobox | name = Alocasia | image = P Alom D9903.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Alocasia macrorrhiza'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Alismatales]] | familia = [[Araceae]] | genus = '''''Alocasia''''' | genus_authority = ([[Heinrich Wilhelm Schott|Schott]]) [[George Don|G.Don]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} '''''Alocasia''''' is a genus of broad-leaved rhizomatous or bulbous perennials from the Family [[Araceae]]. There are about 70 species of ''Alocasia'' occurring in [[Asia]], [[Oceania]] and [[South America]]. The large cordate or sagittate [[Leaf|leaves]] grow to a length of 20 to 90 cm on long [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s. Their beautiful araceous [[flower]]s grow at the end of short stalk, but are not conspicuous, often hidden behind the leaf petioles. The stem (a [[corm]]) is edible, but contains [[Ergastic substance#Crystals|raphid]] crystals of [[oxalic acid]] that can numb and swell the tongue and pharynx. The corms require prolonged boiling before serving or processing as a food. Some hybrids, such as the Amazon Lily of the African Mask (''Alocasia'' x ''amazonica''), are grown as ornamentals. == Species == *''Alocasia acuminata'': (Indonesia) *''Alocasia aequiloba'': (New Guinea) *''Alocasia alba'': (Sri Lanka) *''Alocasia amazonica'': (South East Asia) *''Alocasia argyrea'': *''Alocasia arifolia'': (Malaysia) *''Alocasia atropurpurea'': (Philippines) *''Alocasia augustiana'': *''Alocasia × bachi'' (unplaced name) *''Alocasia balgooyi'': (Sulawesi) *''Alocasia beccarii'': (Malaysia) *''Alocasia boa'': (New Guinea) *''Alocasia boyceana'': (Philippines) *''Alocasia brancifolia'' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia brisbanensis'': (Australia) *''Alocasia cadieri'': (SE Asia) *''Alocasia celebica'': (Sulawesi) [[Image:Giant alocasia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Giant Alocasia in [[Botanic garden]] Mont Fleuri in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] on [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] Island.]] *''Alocasia × chantrieri'': (unplaced name) *''Alocasia × chantrieriana'': (unplaced name) *''Alocasia clypeolata'': Green Shield (Philippines) *''Alocasia × conspicua'' (= A. longiloba × A.odora ) (unplaced name) *''Alocasia coriacea'': (unplaced name) *''[[Alocasia cucullata]]'': Chinese Taro (Indonesia) *''Alocasia culionensis'': (Philippines) *''Alocasia cuprea'': (Borneo) *''Alocasia decipiens '' : (Indonesia) *''Alocasia decumbens '' : (Vietnam) *''Alocasia denudata'': (Singapore) *''Alocasia devansayana'' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia evrardii '' : (SE Asia) (unplaced name) *''Alocasia fallax'' : (East Himalaya to Bangladesh) *''Alocasia flabellifera '' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia flemingiana '' : (Java) *''Alocasia fornicata '' : (Indonesia) *''Alocasia gageana'' : (Myanmar) [[Image:Alocasiamacrorrhiza1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Giant taro or Ape plant]] *''Alocasia × gaulainii'' : (unplaced name) *''Alocasia grandis '' : (Indonesia) (unplaced name) *''Alocasia grata '' : (Indonesia) *''Alocasia hainanensis'' : (Hainan, China) *''Alocasia hainaica'' : (Hainan to N. Vietnam) *''Alocasia heterophylla'' : (Philippines) *''Alocasia hollrungii'' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia infernalis'' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia inornata'': (Sumatra) *''Alocasia kerinciensis'' : (Sumatra) *''Alocasia lancifolia '' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia lauterbachiana'' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia longiloba'': (Malaysia) *''Alocasia macrorrhizos'' : Giant Taro, Elephant Ear, Ape flower (SE Asia, Australia, Pacific) **''Alocasia macrorrhizos'' var. ''brisbanensis'' : (Australia) *''Alocasia maquilingensis '' : (Philippines) *''Alocasia melo '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia micholitziana'': Elephant’s Ear Plant (Philippines) *''Alocasia minuscula '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia monticola'' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia × mortfontanensis'' : (unplaced name) *''Alocasia navicularis '' : (Himalaya) *''Alocasia nebula '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia nicolsonii'' : (New Guinea) *''[[Alocasia odora]]'': Night-scented Lily (SE Asia, China) *''Alocasia pangeran '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia peltata '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia perakensis '' : (Malaysia) *''Alocasia portei '' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia princeps '' : (Malaysia) *''Alocasia principiculus '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia puber'' : (Java) *''Alocasia puteri '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia putii '' : (Thailand) (unplaced name) *''Alocasia pyrospatha'' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia ramosii '' : (Philippines) *''Alocasia rapiformis'' : (Myanmar) (unplaced name) *''Alocasia regina '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia reginula'': Black Velvet (''cultivated'') *''Alocasia reversa'' : (Philippines) *''Alocasia ridleyi '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia robusta'' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia × rodigasiana'' : (unplaced name) *''Alocasia sanderiana'': (Malaysia) *''Alocasia sarawakensis'' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia scabriuscula '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia scalprum '' : (Philippines) *''Alocasia × sedeni'' : (unplaced name) *''Alocasia simonsiana '' : (New Guinea) *''Alocasia sinuata'' : (Malaysia) *''Alocasia suhirmaniana'' : (Sulawesi) *''Alocasia x van-houtteana'' : (unplaced name) *''Alocasia venusta '': (Borneo) *''Alocasia wentii'': New Guinea Shield (New Guinea) *''Alocasia wongii '' : (Borneo) *''Alocasia zebrina'': (Philippines) All hybrids have been obtained artificially. {{Commons|Alocasia macrorrhiza}} {{Commons|Alocasia sanderiana}} [[Category:Araceae]] [[cs:Alokázie]] [[de:Pfeilblätter]] [[es:Alocasia]] [[jv:Alocasia]] [[lt:Alokazija]] [[pt:Alocasia]] [[ru:Алоказия]] [[to:Kape]] [[zh:海芋屬]]