Alocasia

See also: alocasia and alocásia

Translingual

Alocasia macrorrhiza

Etymology

Probably from an alteration of Colocasia.

Proper noun

Alocasia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; "Angiospermae" - superclass; Magnoliopsida - class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order; Araceae - family; Aroideae - subfamily; Colocasieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alocasia cucullata - type species; for other species see Alocasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Alocasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alocasia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alocasia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons