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Alocasia macrorrhizos in life
In life — giant taro, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) SunGW, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by SunGW
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Alocasia macrorrhizos

giant taro

As recorded: Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Alismatales › Araceae

Collected by
St.John, H.
Collector number
19525
Date
July 16, 1938
Locality
Itutiu District; Mea. 12°30'S 177°05'E
Island
Rotuma
Region
Fiji
Coordinates
-12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation
9 m
Identified by
St.John, H.
Record type
Preserved specimen
143 Bishop specimens of Alocasia macrorrhizos · collected 1906–2015Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On July 16, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Alocasia macrorrhizos. BISH 628345. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956511915. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/628345.

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