Araceae
Amorphophallus

Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc.

First published in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4(2): 46 (1879)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Sumatera. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Sumatera

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pannell, C.M. Indonesia K:SPC-45023.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979246 Yes
Beccari, O. [488] Indonesia K000291432 Type Yes
Beccari, O. [488] Indonesia K000291434 Type Yes
Beccari, O. [488] Indonesia K000291431 Type Yes
Beccari, O. [488] Indonesia K000291430 Type Yes
Beccari, O. [488] Indonesia K000291433 Type Yes
Beccari, O. [488] Indonesia K000291429 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979244 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979239 Yes
Nur, Md. [7363] Indonesia K002978807 Yes
Upton, K. [s.n.] United States K002979250 Yes
Upton, K. [s.n.] United States K002979251 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979248 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979240 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979249 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979241 Yes
Nur, Md. [7363] Indonesia K002978808 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979237 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979238 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979242 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979243 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002979247 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0