Species of flowering plant
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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Tracheophytes
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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[2]
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- Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem. (1895)
- Alocasia gigas Chantrier ex André (1897)
- Alocasia grandis N.E.Br. (1886), nom. illeg.
- Alocasia harrisii-pulchrum Pynaert (1888)
- Alocasia insignis Pynaert (1888)
- Alocasia marginata N.E.Br. (1887)
- Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1855)
- Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte (1875)
- Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott (1860)
- Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K.Krause (1920)
- Arum cordifolium Bory (1804)
- Arum macrorrhizon L. (1753) (basionym)
- Arum mucronatum Lam. (1789)
- Arum peregrinum L. (1753)
- Arum rapiforme Roxb. (1832)
- Caladium indicum K.Koch (1857), not validly publ.
- Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br. (1810)
- Caladium metallicum Engl. (1879)
- Caladium odoratum Lodd. (1820)
- Caladium plumbeum K.Koch (1857), not validly publ.
- Calla badian Blanco (1837)
- Calla maxima Blanco (1837)
- Colocasia boryi Kunth (1841)
- Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott (1832)
- Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth (1841)
- Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf. (1837)
- Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth (1841)
- Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth (1841)
- Philodendron punctatum Kunth (1841)
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Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland[1] and has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include giant taro,[3] giant alocasia, ʻape, biga,[4] and pia.[5] In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi[5] (a term which also refers to a marine animal).