Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Araceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Alocasia indica var. variegata (K. Koch & Bouché) Engl.; Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado

Common name(s): [more details]

English: metallic taro

Habit:  herb

Description:  (description info not known by PIER)

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  (no propagation information known by PIER)

Native range:  (native range not known by PIER)

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) San Cristóbal Group	San Cristóbal Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1994) (voucher ID: BISH 640391) Taxon name on voucher: Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1964) (voucher ID: BISH 448954) Taxon name on voucher: Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte
New Caledonia New Caledonia Archipelago	Île Grande Terre	introduced cultivated	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 17) Voucher cited: MacKee 40480

Additional information:
Additional online information about Alocasia plumbea is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Alocasia plumbea as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Alocasia plumbea may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Other Latin names:  Alocasia indica var. variegata (K. Koch & Bouché) Engl.; Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1964. Voucher specimen #BISH448954(L.Quate s.n.).

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1994. Voucher specimen #BISH640391(D.H.Lorence 7460).

Charles Darwin Foundation. 2008. Database inventory of introduced plant species in the rural and urban zones of Galapagos. Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.

MacKee, H. S. 1994. Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. 2009. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.