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The genus Alocasia is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alocasia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Alocasia acuminata Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia aequiloba N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia alba Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia arifolia Hallier f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia atropurpurea Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia augustiana L.Linden & Rodigas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × bachii Rodigas	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia baginda Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia balgooyi A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia beccarii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia boa A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia boyceana A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia brancifolia (Schott) A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia brisbanensis (F.M.Bailey) Domin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia cadieri Chantrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia celebica Engl. ex Koord.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia chaii P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × chantrieri André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia chantrieriana Rodigas	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alocasia clypeolata A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × conspicua André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia coriacea L.Linden	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia culionensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia cuprea K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia decipiens Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia decumbens Buchet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia devansayana (L.Linden & Rodigas) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia evrardii Gagnep.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia fallax Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia flabellifera A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia flemingiana Yuzammi & A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia gageana Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × gaulainii André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia grata Prain ex Engl. & Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia hainanica N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia heterophylla (C.Presl) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia hollrungii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia hypnosa J.T.Yin, Y.H.Wang & Z.F.Xu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia hypoleuca P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia infernalis P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia inornata Hallier f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia jiewhoei V.D.Nguyen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia kerinciensis A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia lancifolia Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia lauterbachiana (Engl.) A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia lecomtei Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia longiloba Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia malarchalli Engl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alocasia maquilingensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia megawatiae Yuzammi & A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia melo A.Hay, P.C.Boyce & K.M.Wong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia micholitziana Sander	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia micholitzii hort.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alocasia miniuscula A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia monticola A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × mortfontanensis André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia navicularis (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia nebula A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia nicolsonii A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia nycteris Medecilo, G.C.Yao & Madulid	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia odora (Lindl.) K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × okinawensis Tawada	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia pangeran A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia peltata M.Hotta	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia perakensis Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia portei Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia portei Becc. & Engl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alocasia princeps W.Bull	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia principiculus A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia prophyroneura Lem.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Alocasia puber (Hassk.) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia puteri A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia putii Gagnep.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia pyrospatha A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia ramosii A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia reginae N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia reginula A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia reversa N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia ridleyi A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia robusta M.Hotta	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia sanderiana W.Bull	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia sarawakensis M.Hotta	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia scabriuscula N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia scalprum A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × sedenii Veitch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia simonsiana A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia sinuata N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × subodorata Engl. & K.Krause	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia suhirmaniana Yuzammi & A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia × van-houtteana Gentil ex Engl. & K.Krause	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia venusta A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia wentii Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia wongii A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia zebrina Schott ex Van Houtte	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Alocasia zebrina K. Koch & Veitch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 226 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alocasia. Of these 80 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 19 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alocasia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 226 species names for the genus Alocasia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	35.4%
◕	Synonym	128	56.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	8.0%

All names

The status of the 245 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alocasia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	32.7%
◕	Synonym	147	60.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	7.3%

Of the species names,

• 10 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 226 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alocasia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	80	119	0	0	199	88.1%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.4%
	Low confidence	0	8	0	18	26	11.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Alocasia is as follows: