Colocasieae
Appearance
Colocasieae | |
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Diversity of Colocasieae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Colocasieae Bremer |
Colocasieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
This tribe of plants is notable for including various large-leafed, ornamental, and sometimes edible plants, the edible ones mostly being harvested for their corms.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Alocasia - Subtropical Asia and eastern Australia[2]
- Colocasia - SE Asia and Indian subcontinent, some species have been naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.[3][4]
- Leucocasia - Vietnam, Japan and Indian subcontinent[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elephant Ears (Colocasia, Alocasia, and Xanthosoma)". Wisconsin Horticulture. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ^ "Alocasia (Schott) G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ^ Wagner, W. L.; D. R. Herbst & S. H. Sohmer (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. Revised edition. Vol. 2. University of Hawaiʻi Press/Bishop Museum Press. p. 1357.
- ^ "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-06-24.