Kinds of Taiwan Monocotyledoneae

Monocots of Taiwan

Compiled from
D.E. Boufford, H. Ohashi, T.C. Huang, C.F. Hsieh,
J.L. Tsai, K.C. Yang, C.I Peng,C.S. Kuoh and A.Hsiao. 2003.
Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition.
Department of Botany, National Taiwan University

Y.P. Yang and H.Y. Liu. 2002.
Manual of Taiwan Vascular Plants.
Council of Agriculture, Taipei, Taiwan

and other sources.

W.L. Chiou and S.H. Dai
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
and
J. Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens

Scientific name -- Other names
Araceae
   Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don -- Chinese taro
   Alocasia odora (Lodd.) G. Don -- Asian taro
   Amorphophallus gigantiflorus Hayata
   Amorphophallus henryi N. E. Br.
   Amorphophallus hirtus N. E. Br.
   Amorphophallus kiusianus (Makino) Makino
   Amorphophallus niimurai Yamam.
   Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson -- Whitespot giant arum
   Arisaema consanguineum Schott
   Arisaema formosanum (Hayata) Hayata
   Arisaema grapsospadix Hayata
   Arisaema heterophyllum Blume -- Arisaema
   Arisaema ilanense J. C. Wang
   Arisaema kelung-insularis Hayata
   Arisaema matsudae Hayata
   Arisaema nanjenense T. C. Huang and M. J. Wu
   Arisaema ringens (Thunb.) Schott -- Cobra lily
   Arisaema taihokensis Hosokawa
   Arisaema taiwanense J. Murata
   Arisaema thunbergii Blume
   Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott -- Coco yam
   Colocasia formosana Hayata
   Colocasia gigentea (Blume) Hook. f.
   Colocasia kotoensis Hayata
   Colocasia tonoimo Nakai
   Epipremnum formosanum Hayata
   Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. -- Centipede tongavine
   Homalomena kelungensis Hayata
   Homalomena philippinensis Engl. ex Engl. and Kraus
   Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino ex Breitenbach -- Crowdipper
   Pistia stratiotes L. -- Water lettuce
   Pothoidium lobbianum Schott
   Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr.
   Remusatia formosana Hayata
   Remusatia vivipara (Lodd.) Schott
   Rhaphidophora hongkongensis Schott
   Rhaphidophora liukiuensis Hatusima
   Schismatoglottis kotoensis (Hayata) T. C. Huang
   Typhonium blumei Nicolson & Sivad.
   Typhonium divaricatum (L.) Decne.
   Typhonium roxburghii Schott
   Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott -- Arrowleaf elephants ear
   Xanthosoma violaceum Schott -- Purplestem taro

Updated: 2012-04-25 16:15:00

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