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Taxon: Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm.

Genus: Xanthosoma
Family: Araceae subfamily: Aroideae tribe: Caladieae.
Nomen number: 419947
Place of publication: Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1850:15. 1850
Name verified on: 30-Jun-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Oct-2004
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Jalisco, Oaxaca
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico - Chiapas; Nicaragua; Panama
    Brazil: Brazil - Acre
    Western South America: Colombia

References:

More:

Check other databases for Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419947 (09 February 2010)

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