Alocasia , lumping and splitting of names

[Michael Pascall]

brid , I should not rely on ,my memory .. just pulled out Alistairs book , Aroids of PNG , to check how many spp. got lumped together ,, and what did I find ??

 Alocasia aequiloba  is the name of the spotted one , and all of these are lumped in with it now .

1. A magnifica , this was one of the spotted ones .
2. A.dahlii , just got a pot of this .
3. A.schlecteri , never even heard of this one !
4. A.gjellerupii , thank heavens I never have to write a tag for that one .
5. A.angustiloba
6. A. denudatoides
7. A. peekelii.

 

Also the other species of Alocasia you asked me about might be A.flabellifera , its very closely related to macrorrhizos ,

differing in the very broad leaves and only a few of them, and the prominent secondary venation .I will attempt to copy the illustration from the book .

 

 

Michael Pascall