Xanthosoma
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Xanthosoma

Tahitian spinach
belembe silvestre
capote
elephant's ear
purplestem taro
rosy malanga
yautia amarilla
yautia horqueta

Hierarchical position of the Genus Xanthosoma

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Aridae Takht.
pub. 1997
  
   SuperOrdo  Aranae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Arales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.
  
   Familia  Araceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Arums
  
   Genus  Xanthosoma Schott
common name: elephant's ear

Named members of the Genus Xanthosoma

1
   Species  atrovirens K. Koch & Bouch�
common name: yautia amarilla
2
   Species  brasiliense (Desf.) Engl.
common name: Tahitian spinach
3
   Species  caracu K. Koch & Bouch�
common name: yautia horqueta
4
   Species  helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott
common name: belembe silvestre
5
   Species  jacquinii Schott
syn. Xanthosoma undipes
6
   Species  nigrum (Vell.) Stellfeld
syn. Xanthosoma violaceum
7
   Species  robustum Schott
common name: capote
8
   Species  roseum Schott
common name: rosy malanga
9
   Species  sagittifolium (L.) Schott
common name: arrowleaf elephant's ear
10
   Species  undipes (K. Koch) K. Koch
common name: tall elephant's ear
11
   Species  violaceum Schott
common name: purplestem taro

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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