Tacca leontopetaloides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species: Tacca leontopetaloides

Name

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 704. 1891.

Basionym

Leontice leontopetaloides L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl.: 70 (1776).
- Tacca pinnatifolia Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 43 (1788).
- Arum gracile Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 65 (1814), nom. superfl.
- Tacca involucrata Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 177 (1827).
- Tacca dubia Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 167 (1829).
- Tacca phallifera Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 167 (1829).
- Tacca gaogao Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 262 (1837).
- Tacca madagascariensis Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 350 (1837).
- Arisaema gracile Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 21 (1841), nom. superfl.
- Tacca maculata Zipp. ex Span., Linnaea 15: 480 (1841), not validly publ.
- Typhonium gracile Schott, Aroideae 1: 12 (1853), nom. superfl.
- Tacca quanzensis Welw., Apont.: 591 (1859).
- Chaitaea tacca Sol. ex Seem., Fl. Vit.: 102 (1866).
- Tacca artocarpifolia Seem., Fl. Vit.: 101 (1866).
- Tacca brownii Seem., Fl. Vit.: 100 (1866).
- Tacca oceanica Seem., J. Bot. 4: 261 (1866).
- Tacca viridis Hemsl., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2515 (1897).
- Tacca abyssinica Hochst. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 413 (1898).
- Tacca pinnatifida var. acutifolia H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 55 (1902).
- Tacca pinnatifida subsp. interrupta Warb. ex H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 56 (1902).
- Tacca pinnatifida subsp. involucrata (Schumach. & Thonn.) H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 55 (1902).
- Tacca pinnatifida subsp. madagascariensis H.Limpr., Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 53 (1902).
- Tacca umbrarum Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 8: 386 (1910).
- Tacca pinnatifida var. brownii (Seem.) F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl., ed. 2: 548 (1913).
- Tacca pinnatifida var. paeoniifolia Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 533 (1915).
- Tacca pinnatifida var. permagna Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 532 (1915).
- Tacca brownii var. paeoniifolia Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 30 (1928).
- Tacca hawaiiensis H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 30 (1928).
- Tacca involucrata var. acutifolia (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
- Tacca madagascariensis (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
- Tacca pinnatifida f. obtusata Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. Old World to Pacific
- Andaman Is.; Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Burkina; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Caroline Is.; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo; Cook Is.; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gilbert Is.; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hawaii; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Kenya; Laccadive Is.; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Line Is.; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaya; Maldives; Mali; Maluku; Marianas; Marquesas; Marshall Is.; Mauritius; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Nicobar Is.; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Territory; Philippines; Pitcairn Is.; Queensland; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Society Is.; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau-Manihiki; Tonga; Tuamotu; Tubuai Is.; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Western Australia; Zambia; Zaire; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Kuntze, C.E.O., 1891. Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 704.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides. Published online. Accessed: Mar 14 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Tacca leontopetaloides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ostindische Pfeilwurz
English: Polynesian arrowroot, Fiji arrowroot, batflower, masoa, pia, taka
suomi: Liuskaviiksikki
français: pia, tacca
日本語: タシロイモ
Nederlands: duivelstong
русский: Такка перистонадрезанная
lea faka-Tonga: Māhoaʻa
中文: 蒟蒻薯

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