Colocasia esculenta

Author
(Linnaeus) Schott, 1832
Common Names
  • Wild Taro

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
1 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Africa, Americas, Asia
Habitat-Biology
  • commercially important
  • emergent vegetation
  • nonindigenous to Gulf of Mexico
References

  • Thompson, S. A. 2000b. Araceae. Pp. 128–142 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae. Oxford University Press, New York.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-25-2024.

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